Tip of the day: Sons and Daughters appreciate your Mums

Happy Mother's Day to all our lovely mum's out there. Being a Mother is very rewarding, but incredibly hard work.  We all forget sometimes just how important our Mother's are.  I'm reminded today that for some, Mother's have passed away and so today will bring mixed feelings.  For those of us whose Mother's are still with us, how lovely it would be if for just One day out of the year we could make them feel so very special and appreciated.
I remembered a song where the child is charging his mother for every chore she has asked him to do for her. So for taking the rubbish out he charges 50p (or cents as the song is American) for doing the washing up he charges her again and so the song goes, But the song ends up with the mother saying to her son, 'For the times when you were sick and I looked after you, No Charge, for the times you needed comfort and I gave it to you, No Charge, for my unconditional love, No Charge, For giving birth to you, No Charge.'
In a Supermarket the other day I overheard two women talking about Mother's Day, the one woman said to the other how much she hated Mothering Sunday, the second woman looked shocked and asked her 'Why?'
The first lady said  that she had children all in their twenties and for the best part of the day they would stay in bed only surfacing to find out if dinner was ready. (/which she had to cook) There was no acknowledgement from them about the day and when she reminds them they barely give her a second look. My immediate thought was 'how sad'. Maybe her children needs to hear that song !
Listen up ! We only have one Mother and one day she will be gone. Don't waste time not showing her that you love her not just today, but everyday.  Some of us do not have the opportunity  and for us there is sadness. Take time out to mend rifts, no time like the present.  Be a son. Be a daughter  to the woman who screamed her lungs out giving you life.  For all that they do and continue to do for you because as I said, when she's gone, she's gone. Above all else remember that there was No Charge.
Whatever the relationship you have with your mother she will never forget her children.  She will never forget your birth and she never, ever stops loving you.
Have a Happy and Peaceful Mothering Sunday.
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