Picture it: Jumping back and forth on furniture, hearing a mother say, “Stop jumping; you’re going to get hurt.” Or hearing a mother say, “Finish your vegetables and drink your milk.”
Or as a teenager, arriving home past curfew, while Mom waits awake with a worried look on her face. And then she says, “One day you’ll understand when you have your own kids. You’ll feel worried when you don’t know where they are.”
“Mother knows best,” is a phrase I think we all heard while growing up. And isn’t that the truth at any age?
Mothers are often whom we turn to for big and small things going on in our lives; they’re the ones we celebrate with and mourn with. They share stories of the past to help us learn more about the future. On a visit to Mom or Grandma’s house, we seem to sleep better than anywhere else. It’s because we feel safe no matter what.
May is the month when people recognize and celebrate their mother. Everyone does this a little differently. Maybe they go out and buy flowers, get the perfect card, go out for lunch and pamper their mother for the day. Mothers deserve celebrating, and maybe you have something special planned, too.
Outside of this special, dedicated time in May, it’s also important to appreciate and spend time with our mothers throughout the year to let them know how much we appreciate all of the advice and guidance we receive and to continue to learn more of those “mother knows best” moments.