Be a good mom and you'll have the love of your kids.

How do you feel about Mother's Day? Do you think it is a Hallmark holiday? Well if mom gets pampered one day a year then good. Until you are a mom or dad, you won't know what it means to hear you child say I love you mom. There is no amount of money that can equal that.

My mom and I did not really get along that well. I like to make my own decisions. I really don't like having other people think for me. Sure, as a kid someone had to think for me simply because I did not have enough life experience to know anything of real value at a young age. However when you have taken care of your siblings, a house and a parent who drank a little too much, you tend to get a grip on life a lot sooner than others your age. As a teenager I wanted to make some of my own decisions but no freaking way. She was my mother and she would tell me what to do and when to do it. I did not realize it then but in her own way she was teaching me what she could. We never did see eye to eye on anything. I could not even think of her without getting nervous. My mom passed away 15 years ago the 18th. of May. I have to say that for the last 15 years we have gotten along famously. Now I know that must sound very harsh, but it is true. Since she died, whenever I think about her I think of the good times we had. I think about how much she loved and enjoyed my son, her first grandchild. I visit her grave and decorate it without any resentment what so ever. I went there on Mother's Day and just sat and thought about how much she would enjoy seeing her great grandsons. I will tell them about her. I will tell them the fun things about their great grandma.

So for now ta ta. Do your best to be a good person and when it comes to your children, just love them all you can, whenever you can, as much as you can.