Although motherhood has been compared to many things, I’d like to think of it as a building with many, many rooms. Throughout the history of the world, the rooms of motherhood have been comparative; each room being better than the next. Instead of coming together and uniting over what we all share in common, we are often divided on which way is the best way to “mom.”
Here’s a fun fact: there is no best way. Now that you know that, here’s a fitting toast to literally every mom.
The Mother’s Day Toast.
(to literally every mom)
Here’s to the mom who gave birth with no drugs
Here’s to the mom that gave birth with all of them
Here’s to the mom that had an emergency C-section
Here’s to the mom that planned hers ahead of time
Here’s to the mom whose children were born in her heart
Here’s to the mom that gained bonus children through marriage.
Here’s to the mom that decided to breastfeed
Here’s to the mom that decided to use formula
Here’s to the mom that only had one
Here’s to the mom whose house is not yet full
Here’s to the mom who gave someone else an opportunity to be a mom
Here’s to the mom that has a village
Here’s to the mom that’s trudging on by herself
Here’s to the mom that’s currently home and doesn’t want to return to work
Here’s to the mom that’s currently home and can’t wait to go back
Here’s to the mom who educates at home
Here’s to the mom that sends hers to school
Here’s to the mom that cooks gourmet dinners every night
Here’s to the mom that could only muster up cereal and applesauce
Here’s to the mom navigating her baby’s health challenges everyday
Here’s to the mom whose babies have very little challenges
Here’s to the mom that believes nature will heal
Here’s to the mom that believes in medical intervention
Here’s to the mom whose babies have yet to arrive
Here’s to the mom whose babies have already arrived
Here’s to the mom whose babies didn’t arrive
Here’s to the mom whose babies were here for a short time
Here’s to the mom that puts her kid in every activity
Here’s to the mom who keeps her kid very close
Here’s to the mom that welcomes everyone’s advice
Here’s to the mom that doesn’t take advice from anyone
Here’s to the mom that kisses every hurt, scrape and scar
Here’s to the mom that believes in resilience
Here’s to the mom that admits she needs a vacation and takes one
Here’s to the mom who needs a vacation and doesn’t
Here’s to the mom that’s always home
Here’s to the mom that wants to be, but can’t
Here’s to the mom that had some challenges in the beginning
Here’s to the mom that mommed right away.
Here’s to the mom that had kids late in life.
Here’s to the mom that had kids early
Here’s to the mom who acts as a bridge to other moms
Here’s to the mom who started as a bridge and ended up being a home.
Here’s to the mom that didn’t know she wanted to be a mom until she was.
Here’s to the mom that always knew
Here’s to the mom that could rely on her mom to teach her everything she needed
Here’s to the mom that had on the job training
Here’s to the mom that hand makes gifts for her kid’s teacher
Here’s to the mom that only sees the teacher at school functions
Here’s to the mom that has never met their kid’s teacher
Here’s to the mom that’s married
Here’s to the mom that isn’t
Here’s to the mom whose dating
Here’s to the mom that doesn’t feel she has time for that either
Here’s to the mom that has everything
Here’s to the mom that doing the best with what she has
Here’s to the mom that attacks every week with vigor
Here’s to the mom that stumbles through everyday
Here’s to the mom that puts her kids’ needs above her own
Here’s to the mom that puts herself first
To the religious moms
To the granola moms
To the corporate moms
To the stay-at-home moms
To the moms that get everything right
To the moms that would like to get at least one thing right
To the moms that are veterans
And to the moms that are still learning
We’re all awesome…because at the end of the day, we all love our children the best way we know how. And that’s something that should be celebrated together.
Happy Mother’s Day!
-Danita LaShelle