Do you know what today is? Yes, it is MOTHER'S DAY. See that apostrophe? That means it is a possessive noun. The day belongs to MY MOTHER.
You see, the original intent was to honor the one who birthed you (or perhaps who adopted you and raised you). It is NOT "women's day." Nor is it a day to celebrate all mothers or motherhood. That may sound strange to you, but no. The day is to honor YOUR MOTHER in whatever way is appropriate.
There are women who have lost children to disease or suicide or accident, for whom this day is painful, and it shouldn't be. I hope you take what I just said in the way it was intended. There are also women who cannot conceive or will never marry and have children. This day is also not about that.
Do you also know that there are actually women who avoid FB and church today? Because of what this day has become, rather than its original intent.
Please, every time you say "Happy Mother's Day" to someone who is not your mother, you play into the problem. If you try to add every woman on earth into this day, you play into the problem. By your very intention of inclusion you have made the childless painfully aware of their situation.
This day is not about children!!! It is about MY MOTHER. YOUR MOTHER. God gave her to you. Honor her in word and deed. But PLEASE quit making this day about having children or about being a woman.
Stepping down now ...
