Most people love their parents equally, and there's absolutely no reason not to.
Despite this, I feel like we should take a moment to thank the one person who has helped us the most in our lives — sometimes in the most subtle, touching, and overlooked ways.
Yes, it is time that we thank our mothers. Every day, these caring, strong women do their best to take care of us.
We generally believe that mothers will do absolutely anything to guarantee the wellbeing of their children and their family, but that certainly doesn't mean we should take them for granted.
Below is a story that you've perhaps played too often in your head, and, just maybe, that you personally resonate with deeply.
It follows just one of hundreds and thousands of mothers who are constantly the last to go to bed every night. This is the real reason why…
Scroll on to read the story, and to find encouraging words for all the beautiful, strong mothers out there. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
Mom and Dad were watching TV when Mom said, "I'm tired and it's getting late. I think I'll go to bed."
So she went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the next day’s lunches, rinsed the popcorn bowls, took meat out of the freezer for next day’s dinner, checked the cereal boxes, filled the sugar tin, put utensils back in the drawer, and set up the coffee pot for brewing the next morning.
Then, she put some wet clothes into the dryer, sewed a loose button onto a shirt, picked up the toys strewn on the floor, and put the telephone book back into the drawer.
Next, she watered the plants, emptied a wastebasket, hung up a towel to dry, wrote a note to her son’s teacher, and counted out some dollar bills for the kids’ field trip.
She signed a birthday card for a friend, addressed and stamped the envelope, and jotted down notes on her grocery list.
She filled the dog’s dish with water and put the cat outside. Then, she made sure the doors in the house were locked.
Finally, Mom went upstairs. She washed her face, put on moisturizer, and brushed her teeth.
Suddenly, Dad called out to her. “I thought you were going to bed,” he said.
“I’m on my way,” she replied.
She looked in on each of the children, turned out a bedside lamp, hung up a shirt, thew some dirty socks in the hamper, and had a brief conversation with her eldest child, who was still up doing homework.
She went back to her room, set the alarm, and laid out clothes for the next day.
At the same time, her husband turned off the TV, and announced, “I’m going to bed.”
And he did…without another thought.
Do you ever wonder why women live longer? It’s because we are made for the long haul.
Please SHARE with all the women you know who are in it for the long haul!
