THERE’S definitely more to just being called a mother, of being a female parent, if we are to follow the denotative meaning of the word. The word bears a lot of other meanings such as love, care, patience, and many more. This Sunday, we’ll celebrate Mother’s Day, and this is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the joys and triumphs of being a mother.
Being a mom for more than a decade now, I can say that my life is meaningful. There’s this unexplainable feeling of fulfillment, joy and completion of having been God’s instrument of life. It is truly a miracle how a human being is born out of a woman’s womb, and until now I am still amazed how a cute little being came from me. Nothing can ever replace the happiness of just knowing how a little baby becomes a product of pure, unconditional love between a man and a woman.
Surely, there isn’t a single word to best describe or define how our mothers have touched our lives, and how we can express our thoughts about being a mother. For all I know, mothers will give up everything even her own life, and will do anything to give what is best for her children. Though there are times when we don’t seem to understand their decisions and plans for us, in the end we always say “Mothers know best.” This Sunday, let us show our gratitude to our mothers not only by giving material things but most importantly, by making them feel how much they are loved, needed and appreciated.
Happy Mothers’ Day to everyone especially to my one and only mom, Joyce Catap. Thank you for everything that you’ve done and given to us your children. You are the best mom and we couldn’t ask for more. We all love you!
Let me share some wonderful quotes to celebrate motherhood:
“A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.” -- Unknown
“When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” -- Charley Benetto
“Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heartthrob.” -- Leroy Brownlow
“Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.” -- Susan Gale
“My Mother: She is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.” -- Jodi Picoult
“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.” -- William Makepeace Thackeray
“The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.” -- James E. Faust
“It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?” -- Mahatma Gandhi
“There is no role in life that is more essential than that of motherhood.” -- Elder M. Russell Ballard
“Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.” -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Motherhood is the exquisite inconvenience of being another person’s everything.” – Unknown
“Only mothers can think of the future because they give birth to it in their children.” -- Maxim Grosky