I don't like martyrdom. I have a difficult mum and remember her sulking every Mother's Day because my dad (who worked every weekend 7am-7pm) didn't take her out to lunch or help her with housework (she was a SAHM). She blamed him every year for her not having a day off and did nothing to celebrate it. She told my siblings and I to stop giving her cards and flowers as it meant nothing to her and just rubbed her nose in what a miserable day she was going to have ...
Anyway. I am a lone parent to one fabulous little girl. Since she was very little, I've always organised my own ideal Mother's Day. I invite my own Mum to join us but apparently I'm doing it out of sympathy and don't even want her to come otherwise I would have booked something SHE would enjoy.
This year, me and my daughter are going to a "craft and lunch" thing in the park (sounds very cheesy but might be nice!). You pay a few £ for craft supplies, bring something to eat/drink from their wishlist on their FB event page then make something crafty while dipping in and out of the buffet. Can't wait! Then we're going to get the train into town to see something at the cinema then head to Pizza Hut for dinner.
Again, have invited my mum but she has declined as I ought to have known her knees are too sore to do much walking today and she doesn't like pizza (or pasta or salad apparently) and the park thing "sounds like a lot of shite". 
My daughter has made me a lovely card with a nice message inside. She did not do this of her own volition. She needed a lot of prompting last night. I had words with her about how much I do and how Mother's Day is a chance for her to show her appreciation. I told her that she's old enough now to do a nice gesture on her own. I see quite a bit of stuff on FB from friends about their "selfish teens" not getting them a card and I'm automatically reminded of my own mum. I'll continue to drop hints for a few more years to my daughter along the lines of "Oh, it's Mother's Day - can't wait to see what you've got for me" but if she eventually stops listening to these prompts I'm just going to head out and enjoy my day without her (once she's old enough to be left of course!) I believe strongly in treating yourself on your birthday, Christmas, Mother's Day when you know someone else won't. having a husband or children who don't remember it's Mother's Day is NO excuse to do nothing to treat yourself on this one day of the year.
All mums deserve a treat today no matter what. And I hope all mums on here will get that treat - via their partner, children or just by organising something themselves.
Doesn't have to be extravagant. Buy yourself a chocolate bar or a magazine. Download a new ebook - there are some for free. Leave some of the usual Sunday chores until tomorrow. You be in charge of the television. if children are old enough, shove them in the garden/their room for half an hour and tell them to occupy themselves for a bit.
This post is in no way meant to be horrible or goady. I'm hoping it will perhaps motivate people that - no matter how shit your partner or children are at remembering to show their appreciation today - please don't be like my mum and sulk. Go and do something for yourselves!