Maa

OK... I am back and shaken to the core. Shaken, stirred and god knows what else. This is not a post but a comment to very dear friends post on "Maa". (Mom for the uninitiated and thats also what i call my mom). No words are enough to describe what that post bought out or made me feel. Dunno about the rest of the world but as i read it i could feel a lump rise in my throat. She spoke of the innumerable times when knowingly or unknowingly we have left our mom alone and gone on to do some other thing. Something as trivial as gone out for a smoke when she wanted to sit and talk to us for five minutes. And thats not all, god only knows how many times we have just shown disrespect to her. Left the food at the table coz we did not like it. Have we ever thought how much hard work and love has gone into it ? Guess not. We think we know everything but we also forget that practically she is much senior to us and much more experienced than us. And emotionally, well, i dont know of anyone who would love us more than our mothers. No one has and no will. Even Ravan's mother thought that he was the best child she could ever have. Thats a mother.

The post in response to i am writing this is something which everyone can relate to coz inevitably we all have done something or the other like this. Me more than others and today more so because my mom doesnt stay with me anymore. Today when i walk into my house after a long day at work there is no warm hand to caress my forehead. Trust me the house feels cold even on hot summer day. Today when i come back from the gym there is no one to tell me that sit and drink water or your stomach will hurt (it inevitably does). And there are many such things that i remember but cant write all of them. And these are the same things i used to frown at when she said over and over again. Was i stupid ? Most definitely yes. And arrogant too. Just the way you are. I remember the day when i found that my parents had decided to go their separate ways and mom had decidedto move out. I still hoped that maybe things would work out but they did not and one fine day she was gone. All was left of her was a note for me that she will always love me and my brother. That was it. The thing about moms is that its always very simple for them. Their children are their world, their universe. THATS IT... No rocket science in it. For them the sun rises and sets with their kids. Their shonna's... The sad part is we never realise this until its too late. Women, maybe once they become a mother. But men, well, a different story altogether. I am sorry mom, I hope that i dont repeat the mistakes that i have made. As they say its never too late to repent.

When was the last time we had time for the woman who sacrificed her being for us. She carried us in her for 9 months, fed us through her, went through to immeasurable amount of pain just to bring us in this world. Made sure we were shielded from every harm. And if this is how we repay her, then shame on us. We dont deserve to be called humans. Every year we celebrate mothers day. My question is, does the woman who has done so much for us and will continue doing so till the end of her time deserve to be relegated to only a day in a year ? Mothers day, mothers week or even a mothers year doesnt do her justice. She deserves much more than that. How about a life time ? Thats only deserving because she has given hers for us. Cant we even do that much for her ? Think about it..........