Thursday, February 26, 2015

The Mother (Author Unknown)

                The Mother
              (Author Unknown)


1. When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed
 you. you thanked her by crying all the night.
2. When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk. 
You thanked her by running away when she called.
3. When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals
 with love. You thanked her by tossing your plate on
 the floor.
4. When you were 4 years old, she gave you some 
crayons. You thanked her by coloring the dinning room
 table.
5. When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the
 holidays. You thanked her by looping into the nearest
 pile of mud. 
6. When you were 6 years old, she walked you into
 school. You thanked her by screaming, "I'M NOT GOING".
7. When you were 7 years old, she bought you a
 baseball. You thanked her by throwing it through the
 next-door-neighbor window.

 8. When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice
 cream. You thanked her by dripping it all over you
 lap.
9. When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano
 lessons. You thanked her by never even bothering to
 practice it.
10. When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day, 
from soccer to gymnastic to one birthday party after
 another. You thanked her by jumping out of the car and
 never looking back.
11. When you were 11 years old, she took you and your 
friends to the movies. You thanked her by asking to
 sit in the different row.
12. When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to
 watch certain TV shows. You thanked her by waiting 
until she left the house.
13. When you were 13, she suggested a haircut that was
 becoming. You thanked her by telling her she had no
 taste.
14. When you were 14, she paid for a month away at 
summer camp. You thanked her by forgetting to write a
 single letter.
15. When you were 15, she came home from work, looking
 for a hug. You thanked her by having your bedroom door
 locked.
16. When you were 16, she taught you how to drove her
 car. You thanked her by taking it every chance you
 could.
17. When you were 17, she was expecting an important 
call. You thanked her by being on the phone all night.
18. When you were 18, she cried at your school
 graduation. You thanked her by staying out partying
 until dawn.
19. When you were 19, she paid for your college
 tuition, drove you to campus, carried your bags. You
 thanked her by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you                               wouldn't be embarrassed in front of you friends. 
20. When you were 20, she asked whether you were
 seeing anyone. You thanked her by saying "It's none of
 you business".
21. When you were 21, she suggested certain careers 
for your future. You thanked her by saying "I don't
 want to be like you".
22. When you were 22, she hugged you at your college
 graduation. You thanked her by asking whether she 
could pay for a trip to Europe.
   23. When you were 23, she gave you furniture for your
  first apartment. You thanked her by telling your
  friend it was ugly.
24. When you were 24, she met your fiancé and asked 
  about your plans for the future. You thanked her by
  glaring and growling, "Muuhh-ther, please!"
25. When you were 25, she helped to pay for your
 wedding, and she cried and told how deeply she loved 
you. You thanked her by moving halfway across the
 country.
 26. When you were 30, she called with some advice on
 the baby. You thanked by telling her, "Things are
 different now." 
27. When you were 40, she called to remind you of a
 relative's birthday. You thanked her by saying you
 were "really busy right now."
28. When you were 50, she fell ill and needed you to 
take care of her. You thanked her by reading about the
burden parents become to their children.
  29. And then, one day, she quietly died. And
 everything you never did, came crashing down like 
thunder on your heart.

 IF SHE' S STILL AROUND, NEVER FORGET TO LOVE HER MORE
 THAN EVER.
AND IF SHE' S NOT, REMEMBER HER UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.