There are few things in the world that make me as anxious as "Mother’s Day" does. In fact, for years, I have absolutely despised this holiday. It is because there is a huge problem with Mother’s Day and I’ll tell you what it is:

There are no days, no amount of words, gifts or flowers, that would compare to the love and sacrifices that my mother has given and made.

In other words, Mother’s Day is just simply not enough.

That is because there is no other person that runs to the bathroom when you forget your towel (again). There is no other person that will religiously post all of your accomplishments on her Facebook page because she is just "so proud!!!" (Yes, the exclamation points are a must). And there is no other person that will respond to, “MOMMMMMMMM,” a million times before she swears that she’s going to change her name.

So this day, Mother’s Day, is meant to show our ultimate gratitude. But how can I thank the woman that raised me, that washed my clothes and combed my hair, or packed up my things and dropped me off at college and then turned and pretended that she wasn’t going to cry? How do you truly thank the one person that is standing in the doorway every single time you find your way back home?

The truth is, I don’t think that you can. Because if we wanted to truly show our mothers how thankful we are, then we wouldn’t just show up on the second Sunday of May---we would make sure that she knows her value every day of the year.

So with flowers in one hand and a ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ card in the other, what we’re really trying to say is this:

“I appreciate you, not because the calendar says I should, but because I wouldn’t know how to live without you.”