Happy Mother's Day To All The Mothers

It’s no easy task.  You have children, you raise children, you try and teach right from wrong. You bathe them, clothe them, hug them, yell at them, snuggle with them, teach them to speak, teach them manners, respect, pride and you would hope that through all of it, a nice, strong, confident young man or woman would grow up to take on the world’s challenges.  

A mother’s work is never done. A mother does not get the love and respect they deserve. Now you and I will do everything we can today to make sure Ma feels loved, but why not every day?  I don’t do this enough in my own life, but I often reflect on the sincere, loving moments of my youth when mom came through in a pinch.  When I needed a little push, a little encouragement.  Trust me there were times that I was not strong enough to do something or say something to show self-respect and my mom in her loving, forceful manner would try and try until she’d snap and look at me and say, “OK, enough of this, just do it.”  What she was saying was “Don’t be a pussy, this is life and you have the confidence… FIND IT.” And she was right.  So many moments in my life I would take a beat think, “Can I?”. But ultimately, I would try and do whatever it was I was trying to accomplish. Sometimes it would not work out. Other times it did.  But in the end, what mom was saying was, “Do it… what can happen? If you succeed, you did it. If you fail, you learn from it.”  In other words, Mom knows the plan already… they just want you to find it on your own feet, with your own heart, to find your own confidence as a human being.

I started Bleeding Yankee Blue in 2010.  It was a labor of love. It still is in some regards although the world moves pretty fast and I really can’t give it the time I want to.  Now my kids were little when it all began and now they are grown… my youngest are 14. But I look back at my life here and I think about all the little nuggets I have put forward on BYB about life lessons and confidence and learning experiences and strength in ones self… much of it comes from my mom, but a lot of it comes from my wife as well.  She is the rock in my house. She knows the schedules, the events, she understands how to speak to the school educators when I want to ride them for giving my kids a bad grade.  She knows when to yell and when not to. I am in awe of her.  I’m in awe of her the same way I look back on all the things my mom did when she helped raised my brother and I when we were young.  A mom’s job is thankless.  We don’t give them enough credit.  I almost feel terrible to think that I only truly think about this one time a year… today.  But here’s the bottom line… Mothers are amazing, we should be talking about it all the time.

And so, if you are a mom, relax today, but going forward, don’t be afraid to pamper yourself a little more.  If you have a mother, call her today, see her today, hug her today.  I am lucky enough to have both parents in my life still.  I’m blessed. My kids are blessed to have their mom and their grandparents.  But sometimes in their life of growth and maturity and becoming adults and young adults I need to often remind them to stop once in a while and reflect on the moments, the love and support our mothers give every day. The job is hard… the job is tough… but they do it… because they love us, and they want us to succeed.

I found this story online on Facebook.  Now while not everything on Bleeding Yankee Blue is about the Yankees, I try my best to relate a lot of stuff to sports and baseball whenever I can.  This story or article speaks to mothers in youth sports and all they do for their kids.  Yes, many dads run youth teams, but it’s the moms behind the scenes that do so much more.   So Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there. You are incredible people and deserve a huge Thank you. Check this out, it’s from the Heart of Youth Baseball:

–Robert Casey