Honor your mother
FAMILY LOVE
Whether by natural birth or adoption, our mothers are the center of our universe when we come into this world. She puts in sleepless nights to feed us, to soothe us, to make everything all right. She gives up time for herself and transfers those minutes and hours to make our life the best it can be. There is no love like a mother’s love – it has a beginning, but it has no end. The circle of love remains for a lifetime and goes on into eternity as that love is passed down from generation to generation. For all the years that our mothers have given to us, let us remember her well on this day in May when we can celebrate her and make her understand we remember all her sacrifices she has made for us.
On Mother’s Day, Honor Your Mother!
When we were so young and small, our mothers were everything to us. We depended on her for any and all things – to survive and keep us from anticipated dangers. We ran to her to kiss away our hurts when we fell down and for a warm hug when friends hurt our feelings. We would lift our hands up, and she would pick us up and hold us tight and make the hurt go away. Thank you, God, for the blessing of my mother!
On Mother’s Day, Thank Your Mother Can we ever thank our mothers enough for all she has sacrificed and done for us? Remember the times she sat up all night when you were sick and running a high fever and prayed for that fever to go down.
She was the one that cooked for us and tried to get us to eat our vegetables because she wanted us to be healthy and strong. When we had school projects due, she would put her agenda aside and make sure we finished it on time. She was there at school plays, school parties and any other event that we were a part of.
On Mother’s Day, Tell Your Mother You Are Sorry!
We don’t even remember a lot of things in our childhood we did to cause our mothers grief – the temper tantrums we had when we were very young and, yes, when we were teenagers. We can apologize for the times we acted selfishly and wanted our own way, for blaming her for the things that were not her fault. Saying, “Mom, I am sorry for the times I caused you grief and heartache. You are the best mother a kid could have.” This will let her know that you appreciate her patience and love all the way through from birth to adulthood.
Celebrate Mother’s Day with Your Mom Mother’s Day is the perfect time to celebrate the person who gave you life or adopted you as her very own. Celebrate her with your presence, a present and a little pampering. Give her a warm hug and a big kiss and wish her a very happy Mother’s Day from you. If you are too far away, make sure she has a long-distance connection that shows how much you appreciate her.
I read a story about a young man who had come to a flower shop to order flowers to send to his mother on Mother’s Day. While there, he saw a young girl trying to buy a rose, but she didn’t have enough money for it. He saw she had tears in her eyes and asked her if he could help pay for the rose. She accepted his offer. In their conversation, the man learned that the young girl wanted the rose to put on the grave of her mother on Mother’s Day. The picture of this young girl and her love for her mother and the grief in her heart took a hold on his heart. He canceled the order for the flowers to be sent to his mom and took them to her in person instead.
On a personal note: To my mom, I am remembering how you (and my grandmother) showered the four of us with love, spent their time trying to make our life be the best it could be: The hours spent in the kitchen making those delicious meals; decorating cookies for school parties; ironing, yes, ironing our clothes, can you believe; taking us to church; making us do what was right; having us do chores so we could learn how to “work”; but most of all, for being there, being available and loving us four kids, unconditionally.
Thanks, Mom!
Dianne Glasgow is a family and child specialist at the LSU AgCenter in Caddo Parish.
She can be reached at dglas [email protected].
