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Being a Mother

8 May 20116 Comments

I woke up today,

thinking,

perhaps I’d be hugged,

perhaps I’d hear a loving whisper,

perhaps the day would start wonderfully

for today’s Mother’s Day.

But no.

I heard complaints,

I heard whiny noises.

I heard expectations.

As I laid on my bed , I thought,

truly, children are children,

they are not yet parents,

they may not realise

why we do what we do,

they may not understand

our love, actions and sacrifices.

And, it’s purely because, they are … children.

And most probably,

they’ll only realise and appreciate a parent’s love

in twenty or thirty years time,

when they themselves become parents too.


[Vai and his artwork]

I was reminded again,

that today will not be super different than any other day

simply because it’s ‘Mother’s Day’.

We live in reality.

And yes, in reality, mothers go through ups and downs everyday.

It’s part and parcel of being a parent.

Of being a mother.

We love our children not because they appreciate us.

Nor because they return our love proportionately.

We love our children because, they are our children.

We become ‘parents’ because we have been entrusted with children.

We undeservingly become God’s representatives in this world.

We, who are weak ourselves, have been assigned with this ‘bitter-sweet task’ to teach our children according to His ways.

On this Mother’s Day, let us remember that we love, we care, we willingly make sacrifices, because we are ‘the’ parents. The mothers.

And with His strength and grace, let us be living examples to our little ones.

Happy Mother’s Day!

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