My 3rd Mother’s Day

I’m not going to lie, Mother’s Day was a bit difficult for me this year. Mostly because of the miscarriage, so much is in the air, but having Arielle in my life makes me realize that there is no use in wallowing in my emotions. I’ve always known it’s important to process what is happening, and I work on this daily, but it’s also important to live for what you have right in front of you. And I have one amazing little girl that I am so lucky to have call me “Mama.”

We had a wonderful day on Mother’s Day Sunday, taking a tour of the House of Seven Gables in Salem, and then walking the peaceful grounds by the ocean. This was not my first time to the home made famous by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s tome. But it was the first time in a long time and the first time for both Alex and Arielle which made for a very amusing experience.

Arielle was very good for the bulk of the 45-minute house tour. And for the last 10 minutes when she started to get antsy I handed her my phone to play a game (you may judge but it kept her quiet and was more thoughtful of our fellow tourists then if we had let her continue to get worked up). We followed that up with an abbreviated self-tour of the home where Hawthorne was born, a visit to the Kid’s Cove, and a quick stop in at the Museum Store where I picked up a copy of The House of Seven Gables.

Despite this being my third Mother’s Day, it was only the first time we actually felt safe to celebrate outside of the house due to Covid. And it was the perfect way for us to ease back into this “new normal” that we all have to get used to. After all, regardless of vaccination status, The House of Seven Gables requires masks be worn indoors at all times which makes me feel much better about taking Arielle, who is still too young for the vaccine.

I hope that for all those celebrating Mother’s Day that you had just as wonderful a day as I did!