Image Credit: Myself. (The best way to get original work is to draw them yourself or to take your own photos.) This drawing is of me and my mom wringing out our towel by hand. Read on to find out why.
You see, my mother passed away when I was 10 years old. Cancer took away my mom. We didn't have any of the modern day conveniences we now have. Dishes were always done on the floor with a bucket of water. Mom would clean them while I rinse in another bucket of clean water. It was the same with our laundry. They were done in buckets of water on the floor. We would first rinse in one bucket, then another. Towels and bedsheets had to be squeezed dry with mom turning on one end and me on the other. Mom would be delighted with the washing machine we now have and the double sink. We don't have a dishwasher but a double sink is so much more when you have to wash your dishes in a bucket on the floor.
I am a mother now myself. I have a loving boy who just turned 9 and an inquisitive girl aged 11. Having grown up without a mother, I realize that the best Mother's Day gift is not something money can buy. The best Mother's Day gift is love and memories. Love from my children and for them to express their love to me in the form of hugs, kisses and being good kids now and good people in adulthood.
My love language is touch so naturally for Mother's Day, I would like to receive lots of hugs and kisses from the children from the moment I wake up till before I fall asleep at night. Hugs and Kisses, Love and Memories, they are all free. I would like to have them as much as I can. That is Mother's Day My Way.
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Nice write up and great post to remember your beloved mum .
ReplyDeleteThank you, Yan. It haunts me to think of how she must have felt to have to leave a husband and 5 children behind at the age of 46.
DeleteI admire my mother for raising us all - her four children. Now that I am a mother too, I understand what she did for all of us. Motherhood is hard but it always gives me the fulfillment.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right there's nothing more important that you can give your children than all your love and time.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! We are so blessed and sometimes that is soo easy to forget. Happy Mother's Day to you. May you be showered with hugs that day :-)
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