How often should we celebrate 'Mother's Day'

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Last Sunday, when I scrolled my WhatsApp account, the one common thing I could see was, people wishing their mothers a ‘Happy Mother’s Day’! All the status updates on WhatsApp that day showed children comforting their mother’s around their arms and smiling widely! Oh, it was an adorable sight! 

As kids we are always very close to our mothers, right from our very existence! We have grown in our mother’s comfortable wombs and then into her comfortable laps and under her soothing touch! It is said that even a newborn understands his/her mother’s touch. Her touch is of a different kind, tender and affectionate when we are in pain and strong yet fragile when we are creating pain! Her hugs protect us from all the problems, her pat on our back is more than a Noble Award! Describing a mother's love for her child is impossible as it is beyond words and can only be felt by the kid!

Mother’s indeed do a lot for their kids throughout their life and yet, only a day in a year for them! Imagine, if our mothers would have had given us only a day in a year, where would we be! Our mothers are getting old as we are reaching their shoulders. With all the hustle in our life we tend to ignore them or maybe we procrastinate talking to them! Our deadlines have let us under so much pressure that we barely get time to experience our mother's irreplaceable love! 

I am not at all against celebrating Mother’s Day! We must celebrate their sacrifices but, we must celebrate them more often and not just on social media! I know, we all are getting terribly busy due to the fourth industrial revolution but, we can at least give our mothers an hour, maybe not daily but, weekly! Mothers deserve it. Cook with your mother, oil her hair, go through your childhood photographs with her, go for a walk with her, chat with her over a cup of tea and she’ll be happy. Trust me our mothers don’t want any status updates on social media but quality time spent with us!

Our mother’s saree ('padar' to be precise) was changed into a handkerchief when we sneezed, into a cap when we were in the blistering sun and into a towel when we returned home drenched in rains! Visualize, with our birth our mother's apparel went under so many changes think, about the changes she herself would have had went through! 

Remembering these and many other changes that our mother have brought in herself for us, let’s pledge to give her fifteen minutes of our day and make her happy because that’s exactly what she wants from us!

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  1. Aashish S TattuMay 15, 2021 at 6:30 PM

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  2. Aashish S TattuMay 15, 2021 at 6:33 PM

    This is the most heart-warming post on mother's day. Written with so much love and dedication. It made me emotional. About the post, you are true. Spending time with our mother is more precious than anything else. Trying to ease her load a little relaxes her hugely. For us, we just helped her for 15 minutes but for her, we saved her 15 minutes after constantly working since morning and still having some more to do. A mother's work never finishes. She's always on duty. This is the least we can do. Very well written. It very softly touches your heart. You feel the words deeply. 😃 Good going.

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  3. The Writer in PurpleMay 15, 2021 at 9:32 PM

    Wow....it is true that our mothers deserve much more than a status update or wishes only on a particular day.

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  4. UnknownMay 15, 2021 at 11:02 PM

    Lucky is the mother who's beloved daughter has expressed the emotions in such kind words.....

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