This morning, I asked Kara, a.k.a. "The Wampum Queen", a.k.a. the mother of my four treasures, to write a blog for Mother’s Day.

"What about?" she asked.

I said, "Just about how you as a mom actually enjoy Mother’s Day; how you feel you deserve and have earned a day celebrating being a mom; and how much it bugs you when you hear all the moms who say they hate Mother’s Day because it makes them feel guilty about all they aren't doing or are doing wrong."

So she cranked the following out for me.

Moms: Pay attention!
Dads: Make sure the mother of your children knows how grateful you are for her and how good she IS doing.

Now here's Kara...

Mother’s Day

By Kara Sherman, May 9, 2013
Source: http://wampumqueen.blogspot.com/2013/05/mothers-day-2013.html

Every year Mother's Day comes around and I can already hear the groans from the women: I hate Mother's Day, I'm not a good mother, Everyone else is better than me, I suck, etc. But really? How awesome is it that each family member gets to celebrate what they like best about you?

We are all different. We all came to earth with different personalities and abilities or maybe disabilities. No two people are alike. Not one of us is even NEAR to being perfect. So why do we constantly compare ourselves to one another?

Here is a list of things I'm good at: Mowing the lawn, cooking, yelling, dressing myself, procrastinating, studying the scriptures, cleaning bathrooms, shaving my legs, not killing my kids, getting everyone to where they are supposed to be on time, trying, driving fast, working outside the home....

Here is a list of things I'm NOT good at: drawing, sewing, finishing projects, keeping my mouth shut, keeping up on my blog, keeping the laundry room clean, keeping up on paperwork, making sure my kids get their schoolwork finished and turned in, denying myself food, getting up in the morning, wanting to call people back, being consistent.…

And the lists will go on.

I bet you didn't know some of those things about me. I bet if you wrote down lists about yourself they would be totally different than mine. I'm betting that you are sitting there comparing yourself to me. Stop that. Seriously.

A wise man said “God is fully aware that you and I are not perfect. Let me add, God is also fully aware that the people you think are perfect are not. And yet we spend so much time and energy comparing ourselves to others—usually comparing our weaknesses to their strengths. As a result, we never celebrate our good efforts because they seem to be less than what someone else does.” —Dieter F. Uchtdorf

What is one thing you do well? Just one thing. Is it the laundry? Is it a perfect driving record? Is it playing with children? Is it patience? Is it musical? Is it dusting the ceiling fans? Is it appreciating your accomplishments? What is it?

There is that one thing. Let your family appreciate that one thing at least one day out of the year. And quit whining.