Mothers are great. They’re always there for you.
When you’re hungry, they’re there for you with food.
When you’re sad, they’re there for you with words of encouragement.
And when you’re lying comfortably in your bed, mother is there...telling you to get up,
telling you not to be so lazy,
to tidy your room, to do your homework.
And later, she’s there telling you that the style of clothes you wear is awful,
and your friends are no good, and “Why can’t you be more like your cousin,
the brilliant student?”
Yes, mothers are great, sometimes too great.
No one in your life is going to know more about you and care more about you than your mother.
In many ways, mothers are the centres of their children’s universe.
We depend on them for so many things and they give us so much.
That can lead to feelings of being “smothered” by mother; of being too dependent on her;
of being loved too much. And sometimes we just take “good old” mom for granted.
We think she has nothing better to do than take care of our every little need.
That she must stop whatever she’s doing and bring us food or sew on a button.
Mother’s Day is coming soon and this gives us a good chance to take a look at mom
both as a mother and as a person. We can ask ourselves, “Who is this woman who is my mother?”
It’s a good question because your mother was once a young girl who laughed and played and had dreams just like you.
Is she happy now? Did the dreams she had as a young girl come true? Are you adding to her happiness?
Try to think of your mother as another human being — that special human being that has given you life.
And try to make her life happier by showing your love and appreciation.
You can do that by remembering to say, “thank you”
for the everyday things she does like cooking your meals.
You can do chores without being asked to, like cleaning your room.
You can buy her a small gift, perhaps flowers. And, most important of all,
you can show your love and appreciation by saying the magic words that all mothers want to hear
, “Hey, mom, I love you.
Happy Mother’s Day!”
