It's nearly mother's day and for me this is a bittersweet day. Both my mother and mother in law who treated me like her son have passed away already. This year I felt it important to give them flowers, even though they are not phyiscally here to receive them. At the very least it is a way for us to remember them, to show our gratitude for all they did for us growing up, and to remember them in our hearts. We may not be able to celebrate them in person, but we can take time to think about all the great memories we have from when we did have them here.

I am grateful that I was impressed upon to buy flowers for them this year, because it has already made this mother's day less painful and far more memorable. I hope you are able to obtain something in remembrance of your own mother, or at lesat take some time this Sunday to reflect upon your mother. She did so much for you, more likely than you even know and she deserves to be remembered fondly.