Ah, Mother’s Day. The obligatory one day of the year (yes, just one ladies – you only get one, even if you were in labor for three freakin’ days!) that we as a society have agreed to dedicate to what may be one of the most essential roles played by women. How do we mark this momentous occasion?

To answer that question we’ve turned to our Midlife Shit Show community. We asked them to share their stories of the good, the weird, the touching, and wholly unfathomable ways in which they’ve been celebrated for months of carrying, hours of birthing, endless feeding, clothing, and pretty much ALL THE THINGING!

In this very special Mother’s Day podcast episode you’ll hear the story of a precious hand drawn card beautifully depicting mom’s c-section, bloody knife and all. That time a nursing mom was gifted toe socks with a cow-themed print… because clearly, toe socks alone aren’t bad enough.

Is there a truer depiction of Mother’s Day? (photo and story credit to Cheryl Knauer – and her kiddo!) 

Mother’s Day cow socks? {Amazon link – yeah it’s an affiliate link, just so you know} Story Credit to Devra G.

We’ll celebrate those small, precious moments when you feel so seen, the earth-shattering time that teenager wanted to actually be with you. And, Lara’s personal favorite… brunch.

that time Lara’s family made all her favs. Literally all of them. Serving sizes be damned!

Hold on a minute. Would we be actual moms if we didn’t go full-extra on this whole celebrating thing? We want ALL the moms to have a little something that’s just for them. Nutrition is a big part of our mission to help Midlifers thrive. We polled our community asking what the biggest challenge is for them when it comes to taking care of themselves with food. The number one issue?

SNACK ATTACKS!

So, we put on our thinking caps, pulled in some experts in Functional Nutrition, and whipped up a custom cookbook of snacks that fuel the body and can help manage pesky hormones too! Click here to get your FREE snack recipes as a gift from us that says, “Go ahead and nosh, momma!”

Oh but revelery doesn’t stop at sweet and salty goodness. Leave us a comment here or in the Midlife Shit Show Facebook community, or follow us and tag us in a share and you just might win some show swag. It’s kind of like a pinata. You wack it and hope you’re close enough to the fallout to get ya some of the good stuff.

Happy day of the moms to ALL the moms out there… birth, adoptive, step, fur. You deserve so much more than one day!