Mother's Day Doom

I'm going to be totally honest here......I DREAD Mother's Day. I usually get pretty down in the dumps each and every year that it rolls around. I guess it's just that simple fact that I'm not technically a mom, and, well......I'm jelous!!!! Although last year our girlie gave me a card and a plant to put in my garden ( it was the first year that I was officially her step-mom) and let me tell you...it melted my heart!!! What a sweet, amazing little girl to think of me on that day...I love her so!!!! So...why do I still get this way??? Is it normal???? Am I being dramatic????? (probably!!!). I should be so thankful for this little girl being in my life and looking at me as her "other mother". I couldn't ask for better, and you know what??? I think this year I will try my very best to appreciate and be happy on this day!!! I really do have a great life (with or without any children of my own!!) And by the way......the plant came back this year!!!!! If we move, I will be digging it up and bringing it with me!! It's worth more to me than gold!!!