took my mom out to get her hair done and spend the day getting ready. honestly it takes me so much convincing to make her understand that before she is my mom she is also a person and deserves all the time in the world for herself— motherhood is not supposed to be martyrdom.
i genuinely feel so happy that i was able to convince her to do something which she considers a “waste of time”— i wish we allowed mothers to be people rather than extensions of their family and the only basis of their identity being their spouse and kid.