Mothers are one of life’s greatest gifts. Mothers are figures who provide for us, love us unconditionally, and care for us more deeply than we can imagine. The mother figure in our lives may not always be our ‘biological’ mother, but everyone has a figure in their life of a woman who cared for them deeply in the way a mother would. It is both a joy and an honor to celebrate the mothers in our lives every year when Mother’s Day comes around. They deserve to be celebrated for their work, love, and devotion on a daily basis, but it is marvelous nonetheless to have a specific day carved out in their honor to thank them for all their kindness of spirit. We are who we are because of the women that have raised us and taken care of us and we should never take their devotion and sacrifice for granted.
However, for those whose mothers may have passed away or for those whose mothers are absent from their lives for whatever reason, Mother’s Day may be very tough both emotionally and mentally. Every year, Mother’s Day serves as a reminder of the loss that we have dealt with. While grief certainly gets lighter over time, these specific days may trigger memories that may bring us down emotionally. The important thing to remember is that we are never alone in this feeling, and plenty of people have gone through it and are willing to offer support, love, and care. The bonds that people create with their mothers are typically of the unbreakable type. We find so much of our mothers in ourselves because of the way they raised us and the way they shaped us to our very core. For this reason, even if our mothers are not with us physically, we can still feel their palpable presence within ourselves. Their love and their light carry on and shine on inside our hearts and will always be there to guide and protect us unconditionally.
Those that we truly love and that truly love us back never really leave us, especially not our mother figures. The memories and the lessons that they left behind in your heart activates within you in the present and informs the decisions you make and the actions you take. The reminder of their love can serve as an infinite source of comfort and belonging in the world even when they are gone because we are reminded that they gave us all they could so we could be happy and fulfilled in this life. Knowing that they gave so much of their energy for us should be the source of our own energy to continue going and validate the efforts they made for us. Additionally, we know a mother’s love never dies because we can always use it as an impulse to turn it into love for others and make it multiply. We can take the great example our mothers have shown us and that mothers that we observe around the world show on a daily basis and spread it all over, and make the world a kinder, more caring place to be. As we carry on their legacy and their examples, we will always know we will have them to thank.
