How many moms do you contact on Mothers Day? And a Happy Mothers Day to you!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238425)
Walnut Creek, California
May 14, 2017 1:15pm CST
My mom and step-mom have long since passed on, but I still make sure I contact certain moms in my life. First is my 94-year-old Auntie, who has been a guiding force for me (and a good friend) over the past several years. Heck, over my entire life!
Then comes my "faculty mom," my Academic Advisor at UCSB, who was instrumental in getting my career going. And then there are my various mom friends, one of whom I'll visit later in the day.
How do you decide who to call, who to email, and who to visit? We all have lots of moms in our lives! Do you manage to avoid the commercialization of Mothers Day?
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@celticeagle (190152)
• Boise, Idaho
15 May 17
I decide who to get in touch with by how I feel.
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@celticeagle (190152)
• Boise, Idaho
15 May 17
@TheHorse ......Removed. I had said my good wishes to most already. My granddaughter is pregnant with her third child. Finally the girl she wanted. So I had to talk to her.
@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
14 May 17
My mom, my grandmother, my aunts and cousins. Then just a post on fb (and here this year) for everyone else
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
15 May 17
My Mom, My Grandma, and my Aunts and Great Aunts..... and then several cousins and close friends.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
15 May 17
@TheHorse well my mom, Grandma are the only ones in person I wish happy mother's day to and spend the day with, the rest I greet through text or Facebook
@thislittlepennyearns (68250)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 May 17
I am not very close to my mother but I did wish her happy mothers day. I did also text @CoralLevang and wish her one as well, other than that there was just one other friend from high school that i wished happy mothers day too.
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@valmnz (17095)
• New Zealand
14 May 17
I was delighted to receive a text yesterday from a young Irish friend who considers me his new Zealand mum. Otherwise, no, I didn't contact any, but after reading this I need to think about it next year. I used to contact an elderly neighbour once we'd moved away from her.
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@valmnz (17095)
• New Zealand
14 May 17
@TheHorse hearing from those kids would probably be the best contacts of all. Ypu've reminded me of when a handsome young man came up to me on a busy street and hugged me. I didn't recognise him, but it turned out he was a former pupil, much better looking now tha he had been then 
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@garymarsh6 (24137)
• United Kingdom
14 May 17
Sadly my mother is no longer with us but I wish her Happy Mothers day nevertheless. Our mothering Sunday was back in March so no celebrations here in the UK.
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@garymarsh6 (24137)
• United Kingdom
14 May 17
@TheHorse Mothers day is centuries old. We have celebrated mothers day for hundreds of years.
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 May 17
Nice picture of your Auntie. I contacted my daughter and wished her a Happy Mother's Day, then I posted a Mother's Day status on Facebook. That covered the rest including my sister and sister-in-law and my niece, whose little one will be a year old this month.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
15 May 17
Sometimes responding is hard work. Second attempt.
My two daughters and my daughter in law are moms. We've wished the three of them a happy Mother's Day.
Then we popped by to visit my mother and my mother inlaw. They are almost neighbours. (Same corner of the same cemetery.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
15 May 17
@TheHorse no. They saw a fair amount of each other because of shared grandchildren. My mother inlaw lived with us for a number of years, so that also increased the frequency they saw each other.
If not for our marriage, I doubt they would even have met. The cemetery is part of an international group (Memorial Gardens). Their plots were originally purchased in two totally different areas of the province and transferred when my parents and my inlaws relocated.
@manikarnika (3301)
• India
15 May 17
Yeah...I have only one Mom
...I spend with her on Mother's day..Lol
...I spend with her on Mother's day..Lol2 people like this
@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
14 May 17
I just thought of some new moms to contact!! Thanks for the idea!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
15 May 17
Both of us are 'orphans'...and I'm not a moher although Ruby did get me a card! I said Happy Moher's Day to my mom in heaven.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 May 17
I just told the ladies I seen happy mothers day, my mom had been gone for many years.
That was very nice of you to call all of those ladies.
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@april_ang (578)
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14 May 17
Wow.. this is so beautiful...
even more since its come from a male side.. i'm touched..
#sorry don't answer your question, just passing my feeling about this post..
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@workathomefan (8957)
• Prairieville, Louisiana
15 May 17
Only one do I contact on Mother's Day.
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