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I Made This Mother’s Day TikTok Video

To explain why I write about divorce and stay-at-home moms

Photo by Helena Jankovičová Kováčová: On Pexels

Mother’s Day seemed like the right time to talk about why I write about divorce and motherhood. I made a short TikTok and Instagram reel to share my feelings. The two links are below if you would like to watch one of them.

Someone close to me said, “It’s kind of a sad Mother’s Day video.”

They weren’t saying that as a criticism.

They were just thinking as most of us do, that Mother’s Day is an upbeat day. But I had intentionally posted my first video on this particular weekend. I wanted to speak to the others out there like me.

What better time than the weekend that we celebrate motherhood?

The day we acknowledge and celebrate the love and value of a mother.

Because divorce devalues it…especially for the stay-at-home mother.

We are discarded. We aren’t treasured for our contributions. A dollar value is placed upon us. We are demonetized, not to mention demoralized.

Instagram Mother’s Day Video

TikTok Mother’s Day Video

If you watch one of the above videos you will see me get choked up. Even all these years later, it’s hard to fight the emotion I feel for the price I paid as a stay-at-home mom.

The severe financial abuse my children endured because their mother worked inside of the home instead of outside of it. Because she gave up her financial independence and unknowingly with that…her power.

They shouldn’t have withstood an exaggerated, abusive, and overly long divorce. They shouldn’t have watched family and friends deliver food while their Father withheld grocery money.

It’s too high a price for something as beautiful as motherhood.

Divorce should not be an excuse for abuse.

My children should not have paid a price for our parenting decision.

Two people made a choice for one parent to work within the home. And the other to work outside of it. Two individuals built a life together, not one. Two spouses deserved equitable distribution and a fair exit from a relationship that was no longer working.

Motherhood isn’t something to be taken advantage of.

It’s far too precious for that.

It’s not something men should use as an excuse…to take everything.

Mother’s Day was originally inspired by Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis who was born in Culpeper, Virginia. Over the years, she lived in West Virginia and Philadelphia.

She spent her life devoted to helping women and mothers.

One day her daughter, Anna Marie Jarvis heard her mother praying for a day to honor all mothers. In 1908, Anna organized the first Mother’s Day celebration near the anniversary of her mother’s death.

Mother’s Day was created to recognize the sacrifices made for their children.

Anna lobbied to make Mother’s Day a nationally recognized holiday.

In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson officially made Mother’s Day a holiday in the United States. He asked Americans to acknowledge it by displaying the flag.

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