I know it's just a thought and it will never happen, but, really now, dontcha think that every day should be Mother's Day? Wouldn't it be great if we honored mothers and were honored as mothers 365 days a year? I wanted to join in along with all the other bloggers and write something beautiful and moving on Mother's Day, but it seemed that they all covered my sentiments exactly and anything I might share would be redundant.

Like many other mothers around the country I had a wonderful day full of gifts and cards and phone calls and emails and a delicious meal. I was Queen for a day. It is so much fun watching the kids deliver their goodies and their love and it is touching. So today I'm sitting here thinking, "Well, it is back to the mothering grindstone for me." Like most mothers, that means a return to a rather hectic pace and doing the best I can in the midst of it all to love my husband and children to the fullest of my ability and to be loved by them likewise. But, oh boy. The daily grind has a way of derailing that plan.

That's when the thought popped into my head about being treated like royalty every single day of the year and not just on one special day. It seems like an improbable scenario and I guess therein lies my fascination with the fantasy. There are celebrities and singers and athletes and all kinds of famous people who create a scene everywhere they go, no matter where they go. Regular people stop what they are doing and stare at them, approach them for autographs, babble incoherently in their presence. What if mothers were treated like that all the time. Okay, maybe not by every one everywhere, but by their own children?

Just for the heck of it, I think I'll try an experiement with my children. When I pick them up from the bus today, I am going to ask them to act like every day is mother's day for the next seven days. Ha. That should be a good one. I am going to ask them how they would act, what they would do, and how they think I would respond if we all pretended that every day was mother's day. I can't wait to get their thoughts and their input on this idea. It may lead to an interesting conversation. On the other hand, it may lead to that exassperated, "we are being raised by a lunatic" look. In any case, I will keep you posted.