Tag: Mother’s Day

I Hate Manufactured Holidays, But Still…

May 8, 2015

…I purchased this box of chocolates for my mother for Mother’s Day, which is Sunday. More importantly, she and I will spend time together, over breakfast, which she will most certainly not cook. This commitment of time–which cannot be purchased, only given–helps me moderate my distaste for rampant consumerism fueled by monthly manufactured holidays (Mother’s … More I Hate Manufactured Holidays, But Still…

Let’s Skip The Manufactured Holidays

June 6, 2013

It’s that season again: Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Administrative Assistant’s Day–manufactured holidays that put social pressure on us to purchase greeting cards, gifts, and the like in order to show our appreciation for someone once a year. Few things irritate me more than seeing hoards of people living on moderate-to-limited incomes throwing money away on … More Let’s Skip The Manufactured Holidays