The holiday passed. We know. And we're sorry. But this post wouldn't be very Valley if it was on time, though we're on board to change that. Eventually.

If you haven't realized, the Valley is a cultured area where holidays such as Mother's Day are taken very seriously and are celebrated grandiosely.

Every restaurant is packed and all the grocery stores have run out of charcoal and lighter fluid.

But that's not the challenge. The challenge is knowing when to celebrate Mother's Day or Dia de la Madres.

Living in a border town can often be pretty confusing. The majority of our families are of Mexican-descent so it would only be natural to celebrate Dia de las Madres on the 10th, which is the celebration date in Mexico.

But there's this unspoken tension about technically living in the United States so celebrating Mother's Day should be left for celebrating on May 11th.

I see 3 options:

Celebrate both days because you can't go wrong in making much of your mom for a full weekend.
Choose to celebrate on the 10th or the 11th, but make a big deal in leading up to whichever day you decide; a surprise.
Stop being a menso in using the 11th as an excuse to buy your mom something because you completely forgot that it was Dia de las Madres and you're "saved by the date."

I know you're still living at home with your mom anyway. You might as well make the weekend all about her and do her laundry for a change.