Mother’s Love<
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When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you.
- You thanked her by crying all the night.<
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When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk.
- You thanked her by running away when she called.<
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When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals with love.
- You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor.<
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When you were 4 years old, she gave you some crayons.
- You thanked her by coloring the dinning room table.<
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When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the holidays.
- You thanked her by looping into the nearest pile of mud.<
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When you were 6 years old, she walked you into school.
- You thanked her by screaming, “I’M NOT GOING”.<
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When you were 7 years old, she bought you a baseball.
- You thanked her by throwing it through the next-door-neighbor window.<
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When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice cream.
- You thanked her by dripping it all over you lap.<
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When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano lessons.
- You thanked her by never even bothering to practice it.<
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When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day, from soccer to gymnastic to one birthday party after another.
- You thanked her by jumping out of the car and never looking back.<
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When you were 11 years old, she took you and your friends to the movies.
- You thanked her by asking to sit in the different row.<
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When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to watch certain TV shows.
- You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.<
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When you were 13, she suggested a haircut that was becoming.
- You thanked her by telling her she had no taste.<
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When you were 14, she paid for a month away at summer camp.
- You thanked her by forgetting to write a single letter.<
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When you were 15, she came home from work, looking for a hug.
- You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked.<
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When you were 16, she taught you how to drove her car.
- You thanked her by taking it every chance you could.<
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When you were 17, she was expecting an important call.
- You thanked her by being on the phone all night.<
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When you were 18, she cried at your school graduation.
- You thanked her by staying out partying until dawn.<
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When you were 19, she paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus, carried your bags.
- You thanked her by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn’t be embarrassed in front of you friends.<
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When you were 20, she asked whether you were seeing anyone.
- You thanked her by saying “It’s none of you business”.<
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When you were 21, she suggested certain careers for your future.
- You thanked her by saying “I don’t want to be like you”. <
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When you were 22, she hugged you at your college graduation.
- You thanked her by asking whether she could pay for a trip to Europe.<
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When you were 23, she gave you furniture for your first apartment.
- You thanked her by telling your friend it was ugly.<
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When you were 24, she met your fiancee and asked about your plans for the future.
- You thanked her by glaring and growling, “Muuhh-ther, please!”<
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When you were 25, she helped to pay for your wedding, and she cried and told how deeply she loved you.
- You thanked her by moving halfway across the country.<
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When you were 30, she called with some advice on the baby.
- You thanked by telling her, “Things are different now.”<
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When you were 40, she called to remind you of a relative’s birthday.
- You thanked her by saying you were “really busy right now.”<
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When you were 50, she fell ill and needed you to take care of her.
- You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children.<
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And then, one day, she quietly died. And everything you never did, came crashing down like thunder on your heart. <
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If she’s still around, never forget to l
