A Mother's Day talk for Christmas
In November of 2016, I felt impressed to write a talk about Mother's Day. I started my research and played around with different ideas. May came and went and I wasn't asked to talk. In fact, there was little mention about it even being Mother's Day. The first speaker truly loves Mother's Day and I th i nk must have desired for a Mother's Day program. She expressed her gratitude for Mother's Day and then went into her talk which had nothing to do with Mother's Day at all. Perhaps the Bishop had changed the theme to spare the feelings of oh, so many who despise the holidays as it may trigger reminders of estranged relationships, imperfect relationships, non-existing relationships, or discomfort. I realize that not everybody loves Mother's Day. I know of several women who refuse to attend meetings on that day because of painful rem...