For Moms - Mine, Yours, and Everyone Else's

I didn't need to think long and hard to know that anything I say on this topic has already been said in one form or another. That doesn't mean I'm not going to try though.
I'll start with a few beautiful quotes. These three stood out in particular.


Making a decision to have a child--it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. Elizabeth Stone  


The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. Honore de Balzac


I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. Abraham Lincoln


And finally, the simplest and most beautiful saying on mothers was uttered by none other than the Holy Prophet Muhammad, (Peace Be Upon Him). 


"Paradise lies under the feet of your mother."


The Holy Quran's description of Heaven is not extremely detailed, but it does speak of a place so beautiful and wholesome in its perfection that the human mind can't even fathom it. 
Such then, is the position awarded to mothers that the Holy Prophet said that Heaven itself lies at their feet.


Whenever I'm worried because things are getting a little overwhelming, all I need to do is put my head in my mom's lap, and all my worries seem to melt away like a bar of ice cream on a scorching summer day. 
Even if we don't speak, and she doesn't ask me a single question, I always leave feeling much better than before.
If you don't believe me, try it for yourself. 


And now here's a little message to my mother, and to all mothers. A message from those living at home like me and my siblings, or those who live in a different house in the same city, or country, or continent.


Most of us really do love our mothers, and really do respect and appreciate what they do and have done for us, even though we may not always show it, say it, or even behave like it.
True to my nature, I forgot to buy my mom a Mother's Day card, and didn't bother buying a present because I figured everything I gave her would be left unused (as it always is).
She doesn't even like cake, chocolate, or any kind of dessert much, so that ruled that out.
True, I could have gotten up early, gotten dressed, and gone out to buy a bouquet of fresh flowers, but my laziness got in the way as usual.
My mom didn't get upset, but she did say I make excuses just like my little brother, (both of us are terrible at giving gifts on time, and are just generally late as well).
That may be true, but the thing is, I really didn't think I needed to go out and buy stuff to show my mom that I cared.
Then again, I didn't even bother doing anything to show her I do, other than shouting out "HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY" every hour starting from when I woke up, to when she went to bed.
Immature maybe, but I had to make up for the card my sister got her, and because I had to show her that I too, remembered, even though I had no concrete proof of it in the form of a card, or gift, or anything else.
Perhaps that's why I'm writing this, "out of guilt", as my mom said, when I yelled out "Happy Mother's Day!" for the umpteenth time today.
So my dearest mama, I really do love you, and I really do care. Hopefully I'll get my act together next Mother's Day. Till then, you can read this every time you get annoyed at something or another I am bound to do during the course of the year.
Happy Mother's Day all!
xx