Happy Mother’s Day – Valuing Relationships

Mother – that is a bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.” – T. DeWitt Talmage

A lot has been written about mothers till date and each Mother’s Day reminds us how important they are in our lives! Equally true is the fact that we take them the most for granted. The bonding of mother with her kids is the most divine relationship valued highest. How many of us really consider this important relationship as a treasure?

I have seen number of people around me who ill-treat their parents. On the other hand, I have also met people who fondly remember their parents who are no more. Point is to enjoy your time with your parents, value your relationships and win their respect/love by respecting them. I read this beautiful story on PravsTalk blog –

A man stopped at a flower shop for ordering some flowers to be sent as a gift to his mother who lived two hundred miles away. 

As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing. He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But I only have seventy-five cents, and a rose costs two dollars.” 

The man smiled and said, “Come on in with me. I’ll buy you a rose.” He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. 

As they were leaving he offered the girl a ride home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.” She directed him to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave.

The man returned to the flower shop, cancelled the gifting order, picked up a bouquet and drove the two hundred miles to his mother’s house.

At times we take many such relationships with our family and friends for granted. Learn to value them.

I salute two very special ladies: my mother who gave me life and continues to be my guiding light and my wife – for all she does for my daughter with a smiling face.

“The heart of a home is a mother
Whose love is warm and true,
And home has always been ‘sweet home’
With a wonderful mother like you!”