Webster's dictionary definition of a mother is as follows; A woman who has birth to a child, and or a woman exercising control and resposibility like that of a mother. Now here is my definition of a mother.
It has never amazed me how strong willed a mother is. Here is a human being, that on some days works twenty-four hours a day, in order to make sure that her offspring is taken care of. She is there when you get up and she is there when you go to sleep at night. She might get some sleep in the night-time, but she does it with the knowledge that you depend on her to be there when you rise. So at the early morning hour, you will wake to some great smells that comes from the best cook in all the land.
At the earliest time of your being, you are taken care of by this wonderful lady , that we call Mom. For most of nine months, before you see the light of day, you are nurtured and taken care of , before anyone else sets eyes on you. Even through the pain of labor is what she has to look forward to, before you enter this world, and the morning sickness is sometimes very hard to accept, she loves you very much. She walks around doing her usual chores without resting as much as she should, up to the day that you, her little angel, finally pops out for the rest of the family to see.
This lady that we call Mom, already has a nine month jump on everyone else, in knowing you. And after you have entered this world, you find out there are others that have come forth the same way as you. You find out that each of the others were loved and taken care of, in the same way that you were and yet she has the same love for each and every one of you. Such is the nature of a mother, in that there is love for all and yet love for each.
As you grow up, you will find that Mom will be there all the time to do what is necessary to make your life a great one. She will worry about you while you are in school and she will worry about you when you are asleep. Never under-estimate the power of a mother. She can be a little frail person, but a strong mother. She can go all day and never complain. She can sit down with you and lend a shoulder for you to cry on, but you will never hear her complain about all the work she has to do.
Such is the kind of Mom that I and my brothers and sisters had. Mom was the best mother in all the world, as far as we were concerned, because she was always there when we needed her. She taught each and every one of us to be able to care for ourselves after she would leave this world. The last words that she ever said to me was "thanks for taking care of me". This lady took care of me all my growing up life and she tells me thanks. Mom was real sick and she spent two weeks with us , after being in a coma for thirty days, and coming out of it. I remember several times while she was in that coma, I would sit there holding her hand, and talking to her, and she had enough strength to squeeze my hand. Just before Christmas, the sound of singers in the hall singing Christmas carols woke her up. She then asked, if when she got out of the hospital, would we care if she came to stay with us.
This was the best news that my wife Ramona could hear, because she, being the mother of two, and having had a mother as sweet as I did, now had the chance to do some more "mothering." As I said, Mom was with us about two weeks and Ramona was there for her the same twenty-fours hours a day , just like her mother and my mother were.
My daughter Patricia didn't have as long a time to be a good mother to her children, but while she was here on this earth, her first thoughts was for her two children. Even though she was on her death bed, she wanted to make sure that her kids were taken care of. I have to say that she was a great mother. My daughter Deborah, in her heart, mothers those two kids, out of love for them as well as love for her sister.
It is for all the "Mothers" whether they are still with us , or are departed to be with the Great Father, whether they are natural ones or adopted ones, that we have this one day set aside for them. I know that all of you out there love your mothers as much as I loved mine.
So as I write this for my mother and my wife's mother, who have gone home to be with the Great Father, I want to say that all the MOTHERS in this world really deserve their day. So to all of you out there that have been a part of the greatest organization in the world called "MOM". I say "HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY " to you.
Ray "Uncle Ray" Day.