Mother's Day Musings - Timeless Confection

Truth be told, I don’t want to miss my mom because it only reminds me that she’s no longer of this world.

Every time I look at my son, my mind always brings me back to those moments when my mom lovingly gazed at me without saying a word. I remember a particular instance wherein I was in the study room hitting the books for an exam when mommy just stayed in the doorway staring at me with a mesmerizing smile on her face.

Mommy and I sometime in 1973

That moment was buried in the deepest recesses of my soul, unuttered until now. I couldn’t decipher what that look was all about not until I had my own son.

Just to see his face makes my heart flutter like no other. He doesn’t even have to do anything nor say anything to make me happy. I simply am because he is there!

My son and I sometime in 2008

However, as much as I want to be the best mom possible, I fall short of my calling most of the time. There were instances, I think, wherein a hug was more comforting than a reprimand or a word of encouragement way better than a critique. In the end, I still chose to admonish maybe because I was too tired or too stubborn to understand my son’s predicament.

Now in my early forties, about the same age as my mom in the picture above, I realize that my mom was also far from perfect. But what makes her the perfect mom is the way she loved me; pretty much similar to the mother in this immensely inspiring video.

Courtesy of think Family on YouTube

“How one generation loves, the next generation learns.” Much of what I know about love and sacrifice, I’ve learned from just watching my mom apply it in our daily lives which according to her was a product of “grasya” or what we refer to in the bible as God’s Amazing Grace. I once asked my 7-year-old son why we love the way we do. His reply which he learned from attending Sunday School for the past four years, left me dumbfounded –but in a good way.