While deciding what to write for Mother's Day,
I came across an article by Freddy Panes that I thought I would share:
In Praise Of Mothers
Mothers are not rare to find. Good mothers are. Have you ever wondered what goes on to make a good mother?
What makes good mothers? It is a pertinent question whose answer cannot be contained within a few words. Mothers comprise of a bundle of emotions that sometimes defy reason. So this goes out to all the mothers who have kept awake all night with their sick toddlers in their arms, constantly uttering those compassionate words, “It’s OK honey, Mommy’s here.”
For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew Halloween costumes. And all the mothers who don’t.
For those who show up at work with milk stains on their dress and diapers in their handbags.
For those mothers who cannot restrain tears from trickling down their cheeks when they hold their babies for the first time in their arms; and for the mothers who give birth to babies they’ll never see.
For the mothers who gave homes to babies and gifted them a family.
For the mothers who yell at their kids who clamor for ice cream before dinner.
For the mothers who defy all odds just to watch her kid perform and repeat to themselves “That’s my child!!”
For all the mothers who read “Goodnight, Moon” twice a night for a year, and then read it again. “Just one more time.”
For the mothers who taught their children to tie the shoelaces even before they started going to school.
For the mothers who turn their heads when they hear the word “Mom”,even though they know that their kids are nowhere around.
For the mothers who silently shed tears for their children who have gone astray.
For all those mothers whose heart aches to watch her son or daughter disappear down the street, walking to school alone for the very first time.
So, this is meant for all the young and aged mothers, working mothers and housewives, married mothers and the single mothers, those with money and without and for those without whom life would have been insufferable. Wish you a very Happy Mother’s Day!!
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL MOMS!