Mother’s Day 2019 - Reassuring hug
Tomorrow
we celebrate Mother’s Day, a day dedicated to honour our mothers. The way we
celebrate Mother’s Day depends on the age of our mother. When she was young and
so were we, it used to be more of a sumptuous feast, expensive gifts and branded
clothes. Such celebrations continue to dominate the commercial world today. To
many who cannot afford, celebrations do still occur but on a smaller and
quieter scale often these being more personal and meaningful.
When our mothers are
much older, as in eighties like mine, the celebrations are not so grandeur and elaborate
as they used to be when we were all younger. At this age many of our mothers may
be sick and handicapped, drained of energy, physically and mentally. They may
not be in a state of mind and spirit to appreciate all that we do or give,
however valuable that mat be. They don’t value our gifts, food and clothing. What
they value now is our presence not our presents, what they long for is not feasts
and outings but our physical and personal company and what makes them happy and
feel good is seeing us looking good, successful and healthy.
Being already in the
eighties, there will not be many more Mother’s days together with our moms. Time
is really running short, more so when we too are inflicted with some illness. We
must make special efforts to give our moms what they really want and need today
not what we think they need. She gave us everything we needed when we were
small without ever asking and it is now payback time to give her what she needs
during her second childhood.
What
they need is not what wealth and power can buy but what our hearts can give
with abundance without limits. They need love, company and most importantly the
reassuring hug that can only we given by the son and daughter, however tall
they may have grown. Let’s give her that hug and say “Mom, I love you” as we
may never get another chance.
Happy and blessed Mother’s
Day
