Honouring great women

The second Sunday of May, has been set aside as Mothers’ Day. Kids all over the world tried to do whatever they could to make their mothers feel special. Some gave their mother flowers or cards. Some even prepared a home-cooked meal, or took their mom out for dinner.

When Mothers’ Day became a recognised holiday in the U.S. in 1914, it quickly spread to the rest of the world. And just as quickly, by the 1920’s it had become as commercialised as any other holiday.
But why should you only honour your mother on the second Sunday of May? It’s just a date chosen arbitrarily. It could’ve been any other date or better yet, it doesn’t just have to be one date. Why can’t people show their love for their mother every day? Or rather, why don’t they? Your mother should be important enough to you that you would have no problem with showing her that you love her everyday – whether you want to show your love by just saying “I love you” or by showering her with gifts, it’s your prerogative. Be spontaneous; show your love everyday in all of the little ways that count much, much more.
You wouldn’t even exist if not for your mother. With it becoming more accepted for females to have abortions or to be on birth control, your mother could have decided that she didn’t want to have to deal with a noisy kid. She could have decided that she wanted to be some high-powered executive, completely focused on her career, caring about nothing but her job. But she didn’t (at least not at that time). She decided to have you.
So let’s hear it for those wonderful women who had to put up with our wailing in the middle of the night as babies, our whining about going to school, our teenage angst, and everything else. The women who all too often are our shoulders to cry on, the persons we share our hopes and fears with, the persons who worry about us more than we ever worry about ourselves.
And when we become mothers, we often pattern our behaviour after our own mothers. And my mom has certainly set the bar pretty high – ten years from now I’ll have some big shoes to fill. But the good thing is that your mom would be there to help you get through your own journey through motherhood. She’ll teach you how to hold your newborn child and of course she’ll spoil your kids rotten so they’re always more excited to see their grandmother than you.
And Mothers’ Day isn’t just limited to celebrating your biological mother. It’s a time to honour all of those great women who were mothers to you, who at some point treated you like you were their own child.
And even though you should be showing your love every day, it IS a nice gesture to go that extra mile on Mothers’ Day.