Mother-child relationship affects people deeply.
Mother's Day is the celebration of mothers, a day of idealization of the
mother-child relationship. According to the different life stages,
experiences, and relationships with your mother or child/children,
people may feel differently on Mother's Day. Reflecting on your feelings
on this day may help you better understand yourself.
"Happy Mother's Day!"
We say happy Mother's Day to our mothers, to our friends and
colleagues who are mothers. But is happiness the only feeling we have on
this special day? Do you allow yourself to feel otherwise emotions?
Other than happiness, different feelings reported by people I know
include excitement, looking forward, loneliness, disappointment, anger,
worry, guilt, pain, sadness, apathy, appreciation, ambivalence or
conflict, mixed feelings, etc. Someone told me she reconciled with her
mother and let go of the years of resentment; another repaired her
relationship with her son and found intimacy and warmth again. On the
other hand, a woman had a big fight with her mother, once again
disappointed, once again feeling hurt, coming with hope but leaving with
loneliness and despair.
I had a Mother's Day mixed with happiness, surprise, guilt, and physically exhausted Mother's Day.
母-子/女关系对人的影响是深远的的，甚至可以说是终生的。母亲节是一个庆祝母亲的节日，是一个理想化母亲已经母亲-子女关系的日子，但根据个人所处人生阶段、个人经历、以及跟母亲或子女关系的不同，各人母亲节的感受也不尽相同。注意和反思一下母亲节的感受可以有助于更好地了解自己。
母亲节快乐！我们对母亲祝福、对做母亲的朋友和同事祝福，但在这样一个特殊的日子里，是不是每个人都感到幸福呢？我们是否允许自己有其他的情感，尤其是相反的情感呢？
除了幸福、快乐之外，从我所认识的人，包括朋友和病人那里表达的情感还有很多种，这些人有些是从做母亲的角度表达的，有些是从做子女的角度表达的。这些情感包括：兴奋、期待、孤独、失望、愤怒、担心、愧疚、痛苦、悲伤、冷淡、感恩、情感冲突矛盾、多种情感混杂......等等。也有人在母亲节这天和解，let
go
多年的积怨和好如初；有人在这天和子女关系修复，重拾亲子温情；也有人在这天和母亲爆发了激烈的冲突，再一次的失望，又一次的伤害，乘兴而来，败兴而归，心里绝望又孤独。
就我自己而言，我过了一个混杂着兴奋，惊喜、内疚（对远方的父母），但身体上精疲力竭的母亲节。
你的母亲节是什么样的呢？
（All pictures come from internet)