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.