As most of you know, I've gone through a lot o changes in the past year. One of those changes is that, for reasons not pertinent to this discussion, I now need make no pretense of observing Mother's Day. This also means hat I am now free to observe in a fashion that suits me. And this is that fashion.
Over the course of my short but eventful life, I have come across many people of many different beliefs, backgrounds, and temperaments. Among these people, there have been difficult, vindictive individuals judgmental exclusivists, and sacrinely loving givers. A personage that has been severely lacking, however, is that of a loving, caring mother. Because of this unfortunate void, Mother's Day , in the past, has meant but little to me; it was a mere formality with which I grudgingly complied.
This year, as this holiday approached, I began contemplating the prospect of making this holiday mean something for the first time in my life. This idea sparked as exploration of the meaning of the word "mother."
It seems that the word "mother" can be defined in three distinct ways; the first is simply the biological maternal parent of an individual. The second is the legal female guardian of an individual (this definition is, really, questionable at best; I threw it in for the argumentative types like myself). The third definition, however, is vastly different; it is, I believe, the definition most proper in regards to Mother's Day.
A mother is a woman who loves you unconditionally. She is a person that has helped, in some way, to raise you and make you the person you are today. She is a woman that pulled you through difficult times in your life and hast stuck with you through good times and bad. A mother hast taught you lessons that have become vial to you and your outlook on life, and she has bee willing to tell you when you were wrong and needed to change. A woman who has done these things is someone that certainly, in my book, deserves recognition on this day.
These sort of women are the women I wish to recognize. Some have simply pulled me through a difficult time in my life or taught me a few important lessons; others have made sure that I never got "too big for my boots;" others have been with me through thick and thin, never backing down from the truth and never letting me give up. Many of these women are still an active and vitally important part of my life. Without these women, I don't know where I would be today. Each and every one of them have shaped me into the person I am today. Though I live to be thousand years old, I will remember these women and the things they have done for me. They have taught me about love and loss, pain and perseverance, and faith and fortitude. They are my reason for celebrating Mother's Day. At some point, they have all been a kind of mother to me.
Am I going to recognize the same people over and over again every year? Maybe; but probably not. Obviously, I won't know exactly what I'll do next year until next year rolls around. But I'm thinking I'll probably recognize women who have been important to me over the past year.
But that's for me to know (eventually) and you to find out :)
Over the course of my short but eventful life, I have come across many people of many different beliefs, backgrounds, and temperaments. Among these people, there have been difficult, vindictive individuals judgmental exclusivists, and sacrinely loving givers. A personage that has been severely lacking, however, is that of a loving, caring mother. Because of this unfortunate void, Mother's Day , in the past, has meant but little to me; it was a mere formality with which I grudgingly complied.
This year, as this holiday approached, I began contemplating the prospect of making this holiday mean something for the first time in my life. This idea sparked as exploration of the meaning of the word "mother."
It seems that the word "mother" can be defined in three distinct ways; the first is simply the biological maternal parent of an individual. The second is the legal female guardian of an individual (this definition is, really, questionable at best; I threw it in for the argumentative types like myself). The third definition, however, is vastly different; it is, I believe, the definition most proper in regards to Mother's Day.
A mother is a woman who loves you unconditionally. She is a person that has helped, in some way, to raise you and make you the person you are today. She is a woman that pulled you through difficult times in your life and hast stuck with you through good times and bad. A mother hast taught you lessons that have become vial to you and your outlook on life, and she has bee willing to tell you when you were wrong and needed to change. A woman who has done these things is someone that certainly, in my book, deserves recognition on this day.
These sort of women are the women I wish to recognize. Some have simply pulled me through a difficult time in my life or taught me a few important lessons; others have made sure that I never got "too big for my boots;" others have been with me through thick and thin, never backing down from the truth and never letting me give up. Many of these women are still an active and vitally important part of my life. Without these women, I don't know where I would be today. Each and every one of them have shaped me into the person I am today. Though I live to be thousand years old, I will remember these women and the things they have done for me. They have taught me about love and loss, pain and perseverance, and faith and fortitude. They are my reason for celebrating Mother's Day. At some point, they have all been a kind of mother to me.
Am I going to recognize the same people over and over again every year? Maybe; but probably not. Obviously, I won't know exactly what I'll do next year until next year rolls around. But I'm thinking I'll probably recognize women who have been important to me over the past year.
But that's for me to know (eventually) and you to find out :)
