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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This seems incredibly cruel for no reason.

My sister cannot have children.  She is not childless by choice, and she made peace with the fact many years ago.

Still she cares for my autistic nephew once a week so that his mom can have a break.  They are best of friends, and he can be a handful.

In addition, my sister cares for my parents, grandmother, and childless aunt and uncle.  She accompanies them to medical appointments as needed and spends time with each one on one, every week.  I do not live in the same state, so I am unable to help. My brothers have large families, so they help in a limited fashion.

She also holds a full time job, and makes it to as many games and performances for my other brother's five children.  [i]She's the ultimate aunt, daughter, granddaughter and niece[/i].  She gets absolutely NO recognition in the form of mother's day, valentines day, etc.

She does not try to co-opt Mother's Day.  But she is an amazing woman with so much on her plate, and she handles it with grace and understanding.  If anyone writes an Aunt's post on her wall for mother's day, than so be it.  [b]She deserves every bit of recognition.[/b] Her plate is much fuller than mine, and I'm a mother to three.[/quote]

Your sister should absolutely be recognized and appreciated! I hope she is, in day-to-day life, or on her birthday or similar events. In fact, you should go call her right now and tell her how awesome she is :-)

[b]I personally think Mother’s Day (and Valentine’s Day) are lame.[/b] Appreciation should be year-round. I really wonder if those who don’t feel recognized by their loved ones in daily life get any true happiness from Mother’s Day? Personally, I just use it as an excuse to have a big family get-together and go out to brunch and have cake and get a spa gift card from DH. I don’t actually feel any more appreciated than I do the day before or after.[/quote]

THIS!

I feel like the people who get treated like crap year round are the ones who are always disappointed by the lack of celebration on Valentine's Day or Mother's Day.  If my husband and kids were mean to me all the time I guess maybe I'd be upset like OP that someone was trying to co-opt the one day a year they are sort of forced to be nice to me.[/quote]

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