My Mom was special - I bet your Mom, too. This coming Sunday is Mother’s Day. In mind; in memory; or in person; let’s be sure to make it special for Mom.
Among many other qualities, they
are lifetime mentors and teachers.
Remember the life-long lessons you learned?
What my Mother taught me:
My Mother taught me logic;
“Because I said so, that's
why.”
My Mother taught me irony;
“Keep laughing and I'll give
you something to cry about.”
My Mother taught me about the science of osmosis:
“Shut your mouth and eat your
supper!"
Unknown Sage
Mothers offer us encouragement in
just the right way, also… even at risk of hurting our feelings:
My mother always encouraged me to be myself. “Unless you’re going to be boring on that
day, in which case do us all a favor and be someone else.”
Joan Rivers
But more than anything else,
Moms have a special and immeasurable reservoir of power, true? My Mom did.
She was stricken with cancer when I was 6 years old. In fact, I cannot remember a time when she
was not ill. The last 15 years of her
life were spent undergoing continuous treatments:
I
watched my Mom’s great power, which she needed in order to deal with a new
cancer treatment in the late 1960’s that was so unimaginably harsh – the
administration of this treatment was solely based on the primitive science of
trial and error. The doctors’ routine
consisted of observing how much of a dose could she tolerate without it killing
her.
It
was an experimental treatment back then; offered only as a last resort for
terminally ill cancer patients. This wasn’t a cure; just a radical option to
extend one’s life a precious little more.
Because of her staying power she survived another two years before
finally succumbing in 1974. My Mom’s power, and that of so many others like
her, helped pave the way to the development of today’s commonly used,
life-saving cancer treatment we all know as chemotherapy.
How many special Moms have sacrificed
trying to fight terrible diseases (and brutal treatments) so the rest of us can
benefit from the exaggerated term, “modern medicine”?
Mother’s Day - make it special
for your Mom if she’s living; make it special for you through your memories of
your Mom if she’s not.
GAP
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