We invited Mom, Rita (a family friend) and Sophia, my sister, over for a Mother’s Day brunch.  I made a fruit salad and whipped cream and Chuck went all out with bacon, eggs, and french toast.  It was a wonderful excuse to have family over and to savor a scrumptious meal with some wonderful people!

Mother’s Day, along with a lot of other holidays, is characterized by being too commercialized.  Often people feel the need to buy a card, buy flowers, and/or buy a gift.  In fact, Anna Jarvis, who campaigned for the creation of Mother’s Day, became disillusioned with the holiday less than a decade after the first official celebration.  “I wanted it to be a day of sentiment, not profit,” Jarvis complained, dismissing greeting cards as “a poor excuse for the letter you are too lazy to write.”

Today, we didn’t buy a card or a gift, and beyond the food we did not spend money at all.  I think I can say with confidence that my Mom, Rita, and Sophia saw how much they were loved and appreciated!