mothers day

I know it's not even close to Mothers Day but something got me thinking about it.  So, in our department mostly because of the union I think they encourage us to submit our vacation requests for the year during "open bidding" at the beginning of the year.  Management then goes through them and either grants or denies them based on whether someone on the same shift wants the same time off and who has seniority.  I was talking to one of my coworkers about how she got denied for her request for Mothers Day, she was so bummed.  She has three kids and wanted to spend the day with her family (we know we are scheduled to work it.)  She asked if I had asked for it off and I said no I hadn't even thought about it.  It's true I didn't think about it, but then I asked myself, why had you not thought about it?  I came to one conclusion: every day is Mothers Day here.  I have the best (most days) little girl in the world and a husband who is so understanding, thoughtful, amazing and helpful in my life around me every day.  I don't need to take one day a year to celebrate that.  They love me every day as if it's Mothers Day and I love them so much for that.  Although, I wouldn't mind an extra Sunday off though!