A Mother's Love

I knew a girl who grew up in a single parent household. Her Mum and Dad divorced when she was very little and only knew life with 1 parent. She grew up idolising her Mum because she did everything she could for her and her sister, so that they could have a childhood that resembled that of a 2 parent household. She worked the hardest she could to provide them with whatever she could. They had a good education and strict rules. The girls are who they are today because of her. She raised them to be decent, giving, caring people, and she did the best job she could, with the resources available to her. She provided for them as much as she could, almost too much, but she did her best. This is what all mothers do, it's their "maternal instinct", to protect and provide.

Next Sunday is Mothers Day, where we remember our Mums, and how much they sacrificed to give us everything they could. It's also a time to remember the Mothers, the Grandmothers and even Great Grandmothers that have passed, that we too, loved so dearly. A Mother's love is un-conditional. It is not a love that asks questions, that judges or that pities others. It is a giving love, an innocent love that has no lengths or bounds. It is a love that will follow us everywhere, and that never fades.

Whether you send your Mum flowers or just call her to say hello, do not pass judgement or ask questions, do not pity her or disrespect her, because until you have walked in her shoes, done what she has done, seen what she has seen, lived how she has lived, you can only have respect for her as a Woman and as a Mother, who has raised you the best she knows how.

Where will your Mum be next Sunday?