Every year, moms are given two special days: their birthday and Mother’s Day. Every year, we make cards, give her breakfast in bed, go out to brunch, give her gifts, treat her to a spa day, and make sure she feels special that first Sunday in May.

This year, my family and I bought my mom chocolate covered strawberries from her favorite local chocolate shop (Malley's Chocolates, my Cleveland readers!), caught the end of the incredible semifinals basketball game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Atlanta Hawks and went out to dinner. My mom means the world to me, and I am 100% sure I got my self-esteem and honesty from her.

However, May isn’t all blooming flowers and sunny days for some people. For some, Mother’s Day becomes a memorial day, a day of grief.

I know this day isn't easy for everyone, and I know I can't speak from the perspective of someone who has lost their mom. Still, I want to express my love for a woman close to me for a large portion of my life and those moms who have made a positive impact in my life.

My best friend's mom passed away over Christmas break.

My mom ran out that snowy evening in her cheetah slippers and to her house five doors down. I followed, running out in bare feet on the icy sidewalks and entered to see the family surrounded by relatives.

She made the best pancakes whenever I spent the night and had impeccable fashion taste.

She always yelled at us for playing in the upstairs hallway because she would always step on a game piece or one of Barbie's tiny shoes.

This one time she laughed really hard at a joke I made about the board game "Sorry". She told me I was good at making people laugh. I wish I remembered what I had said. She was a part of my life that I will never forget, and I admire the friends on Facebook who wish a happy Mother's Day to those above us

Mother's Day is a celebration of all mothers, for all mothers. Our moms brought each of us into this world with the hopes and ambitions of raising their child as best they can. I have heard about the unconditional love marries couples give each other, but the love a mother gives to their child is incomparable.

So thank you, lunch moms. Thank you, soccer moms and working moms and single moms. Thank you, second moms and both moms and friends' moms. The celebration for these women are more than just a Hallmark card, so this Mother's Day, remember those mothers that are with us, those around us and those who left this earth too soon.