Child free women: Don't you just love being told "Happy Mother's Day," by people who don't know you

[LWolf]

34. Family values are wonderful.

Of course, we don't all define that term in the same way.

I AM a mother. My grown sons are the greatest blessing of my life, every day of the year. They don't wait for Mother's day to let me know that they love and appreciate me.

Still, today, my mom and I will be having dinner at my younger son's home. Dinner prepared and served by him, and by my grandson.

People who don't know you aren't stopping to wonder if you are a mother, or anything else about your life. They don't know you.

My grandson will also be wishing the woman who is not his mother a happy mother's day. He said, "She loves me more, and takes better care of me, than my 'real' mother ever did."

My students sometimes forget and call me "mom." I forgive them.

I'm a woman, and whether or not I choose to give birth, whether or not I nurture anyone in my life, I represent the female aspect of life, and can be honored for it.

I just wish we'd honor it more than once a year. Maybe by putting more women in leadership roles across the globe. Something less commercial, and more authentic.