How We Kept Mother’s Day
Of all the different ideas that have been started lately , I think that
the very best is the notion of celebration once a year “Mother’s Day”.
We decided to have a special celebration of Mother’s Day. We thought it
a fine idea. It made us realise how much Mother had done for us for years ,
and all the efforts and sacrifices that she had made for our sake.
So we decided that we’d make it a great day , a holiday for all the
family, and do everything we could to make Mothers happy. Father decided to
take a holiday, and his office, so as to help in celebrating the happy.
Father decided to take a holiday from his office, so as to help in
celebrating the day, and my sister Ann and I stayed home from collage
classes, and Mary and my brother Will stayed home from High School.
It was our plan to make it a day just like X-mas or any big holiday ,
and so we decided to decorate the house with flowers. We asked Mother to do
it , because she always does it.
The two girls thought it would be a nice thing to dress in our best
for such a big occasion, and so they both got new hats. Father had bought
silk ties for himself and us boys. We were going to get Mother a new hat
too, but it turned out that she liked her old hat better than a new one.
After breakfast we decided that we would hire a motor car and take
Mother for a beautiful drive away into the country. Mother is hardly ever
able to have a treat like that, because she is busy in the house nearly
all the time.
But on the very morning of the day we changed the plan a little bit. We
all felt that it would be nicer to have a definite purpose. It turned out
that Father had just got a new rod the day before , and he said that Mother
could use it if she wanted to : in fact , he said it was practically for
her , only Mother said she would watch him fish than fish herself.
So we dot everything arranged for the trip. Mother cut up some
sandwiches and packed all up in a basket for us.
When the car came to the door , it turned out that we couldn’t all get
in. Father said that he could stay at home and work in the garden. There
was a lot of dirty work that he could do. He said that he wanted us to be
happy and have a big day. The girls said that Mother had only to say the
word and they’d gladly stay at home and work.
In the end it was decided that Mother would stay at home and have a
lovely restful day round the house. It turned out anyway that Mother didn’t
care for fishing and also it was just a little bit cold and fresh out-of-
doors, though it was lovely and sunny , and Father was afraid that Mother
might take cold if she came.
So we all drove away and Mother stood and watched us as long as she
could see us.
We gad the loveliest day. Father and the boys fished , the girls met
quite a lot of people. We all had a splendid time.
It was quite late when we got back. The dinner was ready. It was grand.
Mother had to get up and down during the meal fetching things back and
forward, but at the end Father noticed it and said she simply mustn’t do it
, that he wanted her to spare herself.
When the dinner was over all of us wanted to help clear the things up
and wash the dishes, only Mother said that she would really much rather do
it.
It was quite late when it was all over , and when we all kissed Mother
before going bed, she said it had been the most wonderful day in her life
and I think there were tears in her eyes.
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