Mother’s day.
It seems like nowadays, there’s little appreciation for moms worldwide. I mean, here we are, taking for granted what they do for us (or what they’ve been doing for us for the past sixteen years).
So let me just take the time to say thank you.
Thank you to my mother, thanks to all the others out there who do the most complicated job of taking on the responsibility of raising another human being. It’s difficult. I know that sometimes we can be such a pain to look after (In a totally unrelated side note: mom, if you’re reading this, I just wanted to say that I love you so very much and that yes, it was me that spilled kool-aid all over the kitchen floor).
Being a mom seems like a lot pressure and in most cases, society will write it off as ‘not a real job’. I know that’s what I do sometimes. In the flurry of hectic schoolwork and class schedules, I have little time to actually see my own mom, let alone appreciate everything she’s done since she returned to work in January.
During these past four months, I’ve taken on the job of making sure the household is kept in tact. I wash the dishes, do the laundry, clean the house, take care of the pets, and cook (only simple meals out of fear of poisoning my family). Let me just say that it sucks and honestly, it baffles me how a mom can do it over and over again for so many years- it’s just downright frustrating when I spend over an hour cleaning the kitchen only to find that after ten minutes, it’s dirty all over again.
Okay, so four months is nothing compared to 18 years but in the span of them, I’ve had a taste of what it’s like. Not once has anyone in my family said “thank you”. It makes me feel like what I do doesn’t really matter at all and sometimes I feel like giving up and letting them do whatever they want (like, if they want clean clothes, they can wash them). Then again I’m a bit OCD so I end up resuming to my chores anyway and the point never gets across.
Which of course brings me to my question of whether or not we’ve shown our gratitude. If the answer is yes, then keep it up because moms deserve a little recognition. If the answer is no, then I seriously hope that we start to thank them for their efforts.
Come on, it’s just one day where we can tell them we love them because they rightfully deserve to hear it but frankly, we shouldn’t need a calendar to tell us when to say that we care so very much (and if it weren’t for my mother looking after me, I know I wouldn’t be the person I am today).
Is it hard? Yeah, no relationship is perfect- there are kids who don’t get along with their moms or some who don’t have a mom at all. But appreciate whoever does take care of you. If the relationship is rocky (like mine is with my mother), I suggest sitting down and talking it out. The stuff they say might surprise us.
Mothers don’t ask for much; just that we take the time to tell them we love them like we should every single day of our lives because in the end, they’re the ones who stick by us through thick or thin.
