Three ridiculous ways to celebrate motherhood

Is there a better way to strengthen the bond between a mother and child than to share an outrageous experience?

Well, maybe. But celebrating motherhood in a ridiculous, unconventional way may be highly underrated.

Here are three ways you might do it… you dare, you rebel, you.

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1. Say “Yes” and make a ridiculous, spontaneous act

Maybe you want to say yes, but for the day, to the crazy clothes demands of the child's discrepancies.

First say yes to dessert.

Say “Yes” to a pop-up dance party. Turn on the Disco Ball for the plugin (do you have one of them? If not, highly recommend it), turn on dance music and celebrate – anywhere! Kitchen, bedroom and bathroom too. (There's no such thing as a disco shower experience first thing in the morning.)

They say yes to make improvised “movies” for future generations. (Or for fun!)

Or, like I did once, you could say yes.

On a rainy day when my daughter was 4 years old, I had so much to do and I was cleaning the house when she approached me with this completely ridiculous suggestion.

To be clear, my first thought was, “This is wrong on so many levels.”

For one thing, we lived in a nearby neighborhood where our house was nearby. We all knew everyone's business. So, certainly, everyone will be able to see Jamie and me in our beachwear. I was worried it would become a sideshow for a nearby circus.

And then, it was very raining. And I was very busy.

They say yes to make improvised “movies” for future generations. (Or for fun!)
Or, like I did once, you could say yes.

I almost said “no”

But when she saw me with her big, excited blue eyes, I thought, “Well, she's only four.”

So we did that. We both wore swimsuits, grabbed umbrellas and took a 20-minute walk in the rain.

Forty years later, she remembers those 20 minutes. That's true for me too.

And that precious memory is God's gentle reminder that he made this day and offered all the opportunities for joy, no matter how small or dopey he seemed, and I should accept everything they are worthy of. There are quite a lot of this.

2. Make a ridiculous gift

In fact, kids can teach us a thing or two about crazy gifts. Our grandson once gave us a gift that he had given us special attention to select. He was totally ridiculous that he knew to fill us with grandparents glee. It was a coffee mug shaped like a golden toilet.

I'm no joke either.

And we enjoy it because it sits on our bookshelves (Um… not the kitchen with all the other boring mugs).

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So you may be able to live in that spirit and give your child's face to your child's socks with goofy noisy games like their faces, practical joke kits, or twisters.

Or you can turn the table and give your mom something absurd that will bring her joy. My mother's birthday is December 4th, and when I was a child, I thought the most wonderful birthday present I could give her is the corsage she could wear during the Christmas season.

Every year I “blessed” her with a very sticky corsage made of fake snowmen, fake poinsettias, and small goofy-eyed elves. But I was most proud of myself, but found a corsage with a disproportionately large aluminum snow shovel in the middle.

I remember absolutely ecstatic to the idea that in December, mom was parading everything that snow shovels were stuck on her chest.

One day, much after I became an adult, I was thinking about the annual gift I gave her. So I went to the florist and told her a story and asked her if she could create me the most sturdy corsage I could imagine. And she's done it ever. It was totally horrifying and my mother loved it so much. She made it into a Christmas decoration and hung it on her tree.

And then every Christmas we began to relive the joy.

3. Plan for a ridiculous experience

Ah, there's a very good chance you'll have a good time here.

You may have your child plan the food, activities, clothes that day, and just do it all!

And that precious memory is God's gentle reminder that he made this day and offered all the opportunities for joy, no matter how small or dopey he seemed, and I should accept everything they are worthy of. There are quite a lot of this.

Plan road trips anywhere.

Plan a “yes” day with a twist. They say “yes” (within the scope of the reason!) but there are crazy challenges like “Yes, you can put marshmallows on pizza, but we have to speak in the pirate voice the whole time we eat.”

Or you might want to plan something grand and ridiculous for your own mom, like I did.

One year my mother and I were at the Virginia State Fair and handed me a photo stand where I could take photos with my chimpanzees.

“Mom, let's take a photo with your chimpanzees!” I pleaded.

I was 35 at the time, and I was still begging my 70-year-old mom to do something fun.

I know, I know.

However, due to my disappointment, she repeatedly refused. Finally, I asked, “Why not?”

But celebrating motherhood in a ridiculous, unconventional way may be highly underrated.

“Well,” she said.

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My sadness has left no chance of making our merry. About 20 years later, my relatives from Indiana were coming to my house in Virginia for a family event. Two weeks before they arrived, I had an idea. “How fun it would be,” I thought, “Securing and redeeming photo-capable chimpanzees to compensate for the opportunities that have been lost for years!”

In a short order, I found it, and on the day I was appointed, when I saw the chimpanzee and her handler come up our sidewalk, I told my mother, “put on lipstick. I'm surprised to you!”

She was all excited this time. For an unforgettable 90 minutes, we were engaged in a primitive play with this little ape.

But the sweetest moment of the day was when my mother and I finally sat down for our photo with the chimpanzees.

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The photo is on the dresser today and reminds us to celebrate the ridiculous motherhood in all its forms, and we believe that not only will mothers and children bring great joy, but God will smile with us.

And it's the best celebration of all.