Happy Mother's Day!
Today is not only Mother's Day, but a double day for us to celebrate - it's also the 9th anniversary of The Beehive. I'm eternally grateful for both of these transitions in my life - the one to motherhood and the one to self-employment.
The day started off with breakfast in bed - Steve's standard "Linda's special day" treatment that he reserves for my birthday and Mother's day and which I absolutely love. I never thought I would be the breakfast in bed type, but I really enjoy it and since it happens so rarely - it truly is a treat to be relished. Since we spend so little time in the bedroom, having breakfast brought to me there feels incredibly luxurious.
The big anniversary at The Beehive will take place for our 10th next year. Not sure what we'll do yet, but it'll be a fun party. Some good friends who are going back to Brooklyn in the summer have said they would come back for the festivities. It would be great to have family and friends here for that, but I know that's wishful thinking.
As it is my family forgets I'm a mother much less that Steve and I created a business too. No "Happy Mother's Day" ever comes from the direction of my brother or sisters. I think in their mind's eye I will always be "little stinky" as my brother calls me - the baby sister. I think for these last 9 years living in Italy I'm stuck in a time warp for them. We have such brief and sporadic contact as it is. Even though we like each other well enough - we've never been particularly close so they know nothing that goes on in my life other than the occasional reports and vice versa.
Mother's Day - besides thinking of my own mother and Steve's - inevitably gets me thinking about friends of mine who are also mothers especially my friends whom I haven't had a chance or much of a chance to see as mothers in action. To all my mommy friends out there far away - please know that I think of you all often - I truly do.
The day started off with breakfast in bed - Steve's standard "Linda's special day" treatment that he reserves for my birthday and Mother's day and which I absolutely love. I never thought I would be the breakfast in bed type, but I really enjoy it and since it happens so rarely - it truly is a treat to be relished. Since we spend so little time in the bedroom, having breakfast brought to me there feels incredibly luxurious.
The big anniversary at The Beehive will take place for our 10th next year. Not sure what we'll do yet, but it'll be a fun party. Some good friends who are going back to Brooklyn in the summer have said they would come back for the festivities. It would be great to have family and friends here for that, but I know that's wishful thinking.
As it is my family forgets I'm a mother much less that Steve and I created a business too. No "Happy Mother's Day" ever comes from the direction of my brother or sisters. I think in their mind's eye I will always be "little stinky" as my brother calls me - the baby sister. I think for these last 9 years living in Italy I'm stuck in a time warp for them. We have such brief and sporadic contact as it is. Even though we like each other well enough - we've never been particularly close so they know nothing that goes on in my life other than the occasional reports and vice versa.
Mother's Day - besides thinking of my own mother and Steve's - inevitably gets me thinking about friends of mine who are also mothers especially my friends whom I haven't had a chance or much of a chance to see as mothers in action. To all my mommy friends out there far away - please know that I think of you all often - I truly do.
posted by lomalinda at
11:45
2 Comments:
Thinking of you too. Happy mother's day to you mama!
Happy anniversary, Bee Hive!! And, may every day be a day you feel honored for all you do as a Mother, Linda. You are fabulous!
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