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 dining 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 program. 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.
A mother's heart is
always with her children.
Al-Qur’an:
“We have enjoined on
man kindness to his parents: in pain did his mother bear him, and in pain did
she give him birth. The carrying of the (child) to his weaning is (a period of)
thirty months. At length, when he reaches the age of full strength and attains
forty years, he says, “O my Lord! Grant me that I may be grateful for Thy
favour which Thou hast bestowed upon me, and upon both my parents, and that I
may work righteousness such as Thou mayest approve; and be gracious to me in my
issue. Truly have I turned to Thee and truly do I bow (to Thee) in Islam.” Such
are they from whom We shall accept the best of their deeds and pass by their
ill deeds: (they shall be) among the Companions of the Garden: a promise of
truth, which was made to them (in this life)”. (Al-Ahqaf, 46:15,16)
Hadith:
It is narrated by Sayyidina
Abu Hurayrah (R.A) that the Prophet (saw) said (once), “May he be
humiliated . May he be humiliated. May he be humiliated!” The Companions asked
him, “Messenger of Allah! Who?” He said, “He who has parents, or one of them,
in their old age yet he goes to Hell (because of not serving and helping
them).” (Musnad Ahmad bin
Hanbal)
