A Mother's Love

Mother’s Day has become so commercialized nowadays. From flowers to gifts to eating out, everything is more expensive because everybody will be celebrating Mother’s Day.

To me, everyday should be a Mother’s Day as long as we cherish, appreciate and love our mom. Did they ask for those flowers, the gifts or the most expensive restaurant on Mother’s Day? No, all they ever want is the best for us. There's no meaning to celebrate Mother’s Day just because the whole world is doing it. It has to come sincerely from your heart.

Did you mom …

Scold when you don’t clean up your room and dump your stuff everywhere?

Nag when you don’t pay attention at school and come back with a big ‘D’ marked on your exam papers?

Discipline when you broke her precious vase when she has warned you for a 100^th time not to touch it?

Worry about your health when you fell ill?

Wait for you to come home at 3.00 a.m because she is worried about your safety?

Cook and put food on the table so that you will never go hungry?

Wash your clothes so that you will have something to wear?

Iron your shirt so that you can have some relaxing time at home?

Sew your torn trousers as if it's still new?

Help out financially when you have too many credit cards to pay?

Cry when you got hurt due to your own reckless driving when she advice you to be careful every time you hit the road?

Advice on your career decision hoping that you choose the right path?

Accept you back to the warmth of the house when you decided to move out but failed to make it?

Ask about your other half so that she can be sure of your own happiness?

Pay for some of your wedding expenses when you are not financial capable to wear that $3000 gown and have a lavish reception?

Sacrifice her time to look after your baby when you are back in the corporate world and want to save on the babysitter fees?

Keep her own troubles to herself so that you don’t have to be burden by them?


Call because she misses you?

The list goes on but if you do have such a mom … congratulations! God has bless you and me!

I still have a lot to learn on how to appreciate my mom's efforts. My mom is a person who never speak much to me and my sister. There seem to be an 'invisible wall' between us but I'll never love her less. I hope that one day we can break the wall and have a daily mother-daughter talk. We have only one mom in our life so let's celebrate Mother’s Day with her everyday.

To all the great moms out there and to my own mom … God bless you always.