Why I Love Mom 365 Days A Year
Posted: Friday, September 10, 2010
by Abe Blauvelt
Dear Mom,
Scraped knees, fighting siblings, forgotten homework. Lost clothes, broken glasses, soccer practice. Late night tears, early morning rants, coming home past curfew. Our first steps, first tooth, first day at school. First date, first dance, first day driving. Graduation, wedding, grandbabies. These are all the things you have put up with from us all these years. After all that how can you still like us more or less still love us? Mom, you are an amazing woman. Just thought you would like to know.
These, and so much more, are things parents deal with on a daily basis. Growing up we don't usually see parents as anything special. They are after all, just mom, or just dad.
Every year in this country we have a day is set aside to honor and thank those females who raised us up to be the good, honest people we are today. And they did it to the best of their ability.
Why do we need a day to remember our mothers? Do we not love them and/or cherish them every day of the year? Have we become so self-centered and wrapped up on our own little world that we have to have a calendar stamped in red to remind us to give the woman who raised us a call and say I Love You?
Those that are parents can appreciate the handmade items our little ones make, just for us at this oh so special time. Who doesn't like pasta necklaces and glitter cards they so painstakingly produced? I know we do. But we appreciate just as much the "flower" plucked from the weed patch, the stickman picture of the family drawn on a rainy afternoon and the hug that is given as we walk in the door. Those are acts of love given freely and without reminder.
Holidays like this were made so that retailers have one more excuse to sell their wares. Advertisers can then add more into their already swelling coffers. Media outlets can pull out the "awww" stories they try so desperately to find. All this, so that one day a year we can feel good about taking time out of our busy schedules to say thank you.
And what about those people who do not have a mother in the life, or those who have mothers that don't deserve the moniker because of their actions? Should they be made to be put on the spot when everyone is asking "What are you getting your mom for Mothers Day?" There are billions of people around the world who do not celebrate this momentous occasion. And somehow those mothers don't feel cheated out of anything.
So on Mother's day we have a day like every other. There are no flowers sent, nor candy bought. We won't have to stand in line at a local restaurant and get frustrated because it is so busy. That "special" gift that we spent time, effort and money on will not have to be quietly returned or exchanged.
Instead we make sure to let our mothers know every chance we get how lucky we were to win them in the mothers lottery.
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More commentsYou made really great points and lucky is your mother. You wrote with passion and conviction. I am a mother and I think my kids subscribe to your way of thinking; I consider myself very blessed. My thoughts about the "special days" - I say plural since there are any number of them - are most likely for a business/commercial purpose, yet I enjoy participating. I like to do little things and recognize people in my life all through the year. But there are some special days like mother's day, father's day, birthdays that mean an extra special celebration. So I subscribe to the retail/commercial bit. I'm not sure people would think of the special day by themselves and probably lots of people would never get the special-day recognition. Your topics of "mother" and thanking her all year is tops in my book!You've got some smart kids there. Special days are okay too like you said. Looks like you have the best of both worlds.I truly am lucky, yes! Great article by the way.
You have a very lucky mother Abe. Thanks for writing this.Thank you for saying so.
*****Great point!! Most people do not realize this until Mom is here no more.You got that right Bob and it doesn't have to be that way.
Thank you, Abe. You are so right. A very nice article that acknowledges appropriately.Thank you for saying so.
Thanks for the atricle. It reminded me that I have to show my mom that I love her. Going to make a present for her...Did your mom like the present?
It is true some of us forget how great she is.... my girlfriend lost her mother to breast cancer exactly one year ago to this day. Life is short... and those of us who still have our mothers should take advantage and call them, or visit them... and let them know how much they are loved. Thanks for the article Abe! -BrombergI'm sorry for your girlfriend. I hope you remember yours now and then. Life is short buddy like you said.
This article was very well done, very interesting, and very true. I am a mother, and it is the little things that really mean the most throughout the year. Great grandchildren carry the tradition of cute pictures, handprints etc. I didn't even wash the sticky handprints of my first great-grands, from the living room table in front of the couch, for days after they all went home. So glad you wrote an article like thisAren't you a "great" grandmother to leave those handprints. I'm a big fan of little things like that myself. Makes life a nicer journey.
Not all moms are like yours and you are very lucky; my mom was that type of person who she warned me in life to stay away from; there is a designated single day, "Mother's Day", once a year, and I shall wait for that for that one to approach and to pass....Sorry to hear you had that kind of mom guy. That's one of the reasons I don't like these made up holidays.
Great article. I really felt like giving a hug to my mom and say I love you mom for everything you have done for me.Hope you did that for her.
Thank you for reminding everyone the importance of their mothers. We are so busy in our lives, that we do forget that there is a person who always, at each and every moment have us in mind, ready to shower her love and blessing on us.Thanks for the comment.
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