For those for whom Mother's Day is not a Good Day

Miss Scarlett · 05-07-2010, 04:42 AM

The other day I bought 2 Mother's Day cards. One for Shelia's mother and one for my stepmother. I cannot express how difficult it was to buy the one for my stepmother. I could not bring myself to get her anything mushy or cute but I wanted to acknowledge her somehow. It says "Wishing you a wonderful and happy Mother's Day."

My Mom would have expected this from me out of respect to my stepmother but that did not make it any easier.

Still I felt guilty, like I was betraying Mom or something.

I'm not going to the cemetery this weekend. I will go next weekend. We always celebrated Mother's Day and Mom's birthday on the weekend between the two dates.

05-07-2010, 04:42 AM	#15
Miss Scarlett Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: . Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: . Posts: 5,530 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,478 Thanked 12,947 Times in 3,419 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	The other day I bought 2 Mother's Day cards. One for Shelia's mother and one for my stepmother. I cannot express how difficult it was to buy the one for my stepmother. I could not bring myself to get her anything mushy or cute but I wanted to acknowledge her somehow. It says "Wishing you a wonderful and happy Mother's Day." My Mom would have expected this from me out of respect to my stepmother but that did not make it any easier. Still I felt guilty, like I was betraying Mom or something. I'm not going to the cemetery this weekend. I will go next weekend. We always celebrated Mother's Day and Mom's birthday on the weekend between the two dates.