Happy Mother's Day!!

What a lovely Sunday the brilliantly shining Sun has brought in for us! Along with this Sunday comes the celebration of Mother’s Day!

Mother – What a lovely word it is and what a lovely world it makes!

A small kid playing on the ground falls down, gets hurt, he bends down to see the bruise on his knee and gets more afraid seeing the tiny drops of blood that have started popping out. Silently a word, “Ah Mom” comes out of his mouth and there along with it comes in all the strength. He gets up again, whisks the mud from his shorts and starts playing again like nothing ever happened.

A young man has been working all day in front of his laptop, he has gone crazy, has been hungry all day, the mental pressure has drowned him down, his mind has stopped working, the whole world is driving him nuts, he closes his eyes, stretches back and silently says, “Ah Mom” and from nowhere a peace sinks in his mind. He feels a cool wind blowing on his face. Slowly he gathers up his broken mind. He is still the same guy with all the pressure, but now is facing all that with a reborn strength.

A sweet little girl is about to walk onto the stage and face her first singing competition. She is scared, nervous, eyes wide open, trying to recollect the lines of the song she is about to sing in a minute. She gets up from her chair, walks nervously and steps on the stage. Standing in front a huge audience, holding the microphone, she closes her eyes for a second, gulps in the saliva, clears her throat and silently says, “Ah Mom” and when she opens her eyes, no audience is sitting in front of her. She sees her mother smiling at her and nodding to start her song. The girl, cutely smiles, all her worries gone with the wind, starts her song looking into the beautiful eyes of her mother until she hears the loud claps of the audience mesmerized by her singing talent.

A young woman, recently married, enters the kitchen of her in-laws for the first time. It’s a tough exam for her. The guests from the marriage are still at home, all of them eagerly waiting to judge her. The next hour can be anything, words full of praise or words of advises. The nervousness is shaking her. She is alone, all alone facing a whole army. She feels blindfolded in the new place. As she starts preparing tea for the guests, she holds the hot vessel of boiling milk with her hand, gets her finger burnt. A tear drops in her eyes as she is looking helplessly for the sugar. She forgets the count of tea powder that she has to add to prepare the perfect tea that her mother had taught her. She closes her eyes, and shouts in her mind, “Ah Mom, why aren’t you here?” and she opens up her eyes when she hears, “I am with you my beautiful daughter” She smiles gaining all the confidence. Suddenly she doesn’t feel the burn on her finger. Now her mother is guiding her in preparing her best ever tea. Out she takes the tray with the cups filled with tea and feels relieved when the guests get lost in their dream sipping the tea. She silently turns at the door of the kitchen where her mother is standing smiling at her.

All four of these are now thinking about the miracle that saved them and miles away back at home, their mothers have been praying every breath of their day to the Almighty to protect their children. This is the power of the word MOTHER! The amount of love it has got in it, the whole world of peace, the healing power, pond full of care, all these make this word magical! The word, MOTHER, no matter what time it is and what situation we are in, makes us feel happier; it cools down our burning mind, softens our heavy heart.

A young man is all broken, shattered to pieces, lost his strength to face the world. The whole world has turned its back upon him; mocking him on his failure. He is sinking deep down in a well with no rope to pull him up. The only place he finds is his mother’s lap to rest. As he rests on his mother’s lap, he feels the peace overcoming his grief. Slowly he is finding himself strong enough to face the challenges. His mother is silent but silently putting in the strength in him. He wakes up to face the world. He is now the strongest man in the world. He takes upon the whole world, wins it and is now the reigning king. As he is about to sleep on the softest bed, he closes his eyes and prays, “Thank God, You saved me!”

Up in the sky, God smiles and says, “You fool, thank your mother, she was the one who saved you, she was the one woke up all night praying for you and look at her now, she is asking me not to tell you all that she did for you!”

Our lovely mothers, who start their day early just to make our days the way we want, who change the amount of spice in their food just to prepare it in the right way we want it, who wake up all night just to bring out the right percentages in our results, who forgets their own tablets when sick but checks in if we have blanket on us when slept, who only wish that we return home safely while we are partying at a restaurant in the other end of the town, who stay miles away from us yet deep in their heart keep waiting for our calls, who never grow old enough to forget asking their children if they have had their lunch, who silently sit at the dining table smiling, waiting with water, as their children are hurrying up on the food just to run out for games and what not. You just name a thing and our mothers have done that for us.

There have been innumerable quotes on Mothers and even noting down all of them would not be enough in wishing our sweet mothers. Mother Parvathi’s adamant wish in bringing her son Ganesha back to life is an example of the power of love a mother possesses for her children. This is one thing that we have been hearing to and reading. But when we look back in our own lives, we can write down millions of such examples of our mother’s love. The way mothers find out we are in trouble by just looking at us, the way they figure out our bad health by just hearing our “hello” over the phone, what can they be made of? A never drying pond of the Amrita, a never eroding solid rock of Love, a never ending world of Care!

I bet mother has been the best creation of Almighty till now. I don’t challenge his creative capabilities, but I do feel, nothing more good is left out to add up and make a creation that would even match up to our mothers. The softest of the softest hearts, the kindest of the kindest love, the sweetest of the sweetest care; dear mothers how could you all be so wonderful. There is kindness in each of your actions; there is care in each of your words. How could you be so strong and yet so loving.

I doubt if ever my Mom has ever taken a break and rested, and I do bet it’s the same case with all the other Moms. What keeps them going? What makes them smile while preparing the early breakfast for their children or what makes them tireless when they ask us for our dinner wish list? What makes them kind enough to pardon every mistake we have been making? What makes them strong enough to protect us from every possible thing in the world? How could Almighty ever create something better than himself?

How lucky would our Sunday be, if we cancel all our appointments, stay back at home the whole day with our lovely Moms, cook breakfast for her, save her some rest, have a nice lunch with her, enjoy the smile on her face as she takes a nap, make a cup of coffee for her when she is enjoying her serials, be ready with the glass water for her when she is having her supper! Ah, that would be the best day of our lives!

This poem is for all you Sweet Moms, busy making another wonderful Sunday for us…

The kiss you gave me on my forehead

While staying awake all night beside my bed

And your warm caring blanket

Were powerful than the doctor’s tablet

The air you blew on my wound

When I came hurt from the ground

The prayers you showered

Into the exam hall, when I walked

Your never ending care

As I grew taller in the air

Your eyes filled with miracles

Always help me in my obstacles

Your kind heart and unselfish love

Score top, up all above

Beating aside all my special things

Mom you are the sweetest of all my blessings!

Dearest Mothers,

We all children join together in wishing you all a wonderful healthy life!!

Your smile is the powerhouse of our energy; your love is the storehouse of our strength!!

Happy Mother’s Day!!

This Day to My Dear Amma,

Vishal…

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