Do you ever wonder how your mother do these many jobs?
By smilyn
@smilyn (2967)
United States
August 4, 2008 6:09am CST
Mother is a greatest gift from God. Without a mom, it is very difficult in life. From the childhood days, she plays a major role from teaching to talk, walk, read, write..She keeps the home clean, cooks for the family members, spends time with the children and cares for them. She encourages them and helps them to start their own life. She takes care of each and every individual at home. Sometimes she forgets to care for herself..I always admire my mother. She was a working woman and she brought us all in a good manner and educated us well. She cared for us and lives for us. Now we are settled well. Do you ever admire your mother for the roles she plays and the way she solves the problems? Do you wonder how mothers do these many jobs?
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@falloutvic (222)
• Philippines
4 Aug 08
Yes! I do admire my mother. WIthout her, maybe I am not here too. She is the most important woman in my life. Yes, I wonder how she can make those jobs. She moves too fast and she is very active. I am very grateful I have a super mom. Sometimes I consider him as a supernatural. I don't think I can do everything what she can do.
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@moondrop824 (241)
• United States
4 Aug 08
When I was younger yes I used to wonder how she did it and then I became a mother as well, when you're the sole person taking care of a family that you love so much you don't even realize how much you do for them. When I take time to realize, I do amaze myself and wonder "How do I do it?"... not to brag but when you care so much, it all just comes naturally.
@bbsr13 (4196)
• India
4 Aug 08
Hello,Smily! Mother's role can be compared to the mother earth.as mother earth is feeding all of us since its formation so also mother feeds her children with her milk in the early days,takes care in tender years,teaches the children to talk,walkand read books.she feeds the children with all her love but I am sorry to say most of us don't recognize all her sacrifice in life for us and behave indifferently in her old age and send to the old age homes or to a nursing home instead of keeping her with us and take all cares.in these days almost 50% of us have become selfish and self centered and ignored our mothers that the God will never excuse us.however the mothers never curse us.they are so great.I am sorry my mother is no more in this world.so let us pledge to take proper care of mothers and fathers in their old age else God will never excuse us.thanx.
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@smilyn (2967)
• United States
4 Aug 08
I too have heard many incidents like this. I'm also strongly against this - why people leave their parents in old age homes. It was the parents who brought us into this world, taught us everything and helped us to start a new life..But people forget about their parents once they have their own life..
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
4 Aug 08
a very nice tribute to moms here. thanks for starting one.
i am not a mother yet myself. but i hope one day.
whenever i look at my mom, i see a fighter in her. just like you, she did so many things to keep the family happy. even where there were times when we were starving, my mom will do everything just to get enough money to feed us. she works as well as my dad and goes home doing her jobs as a mom to us and a wife to my dad. she's really a great person i look up to.
@lyzabelle (1668)
• Philippines
4 Aug 08
I always ask my mother how she ever managed to take care, cloth and
feed five young children. I can just imagined the hard task she has
to undergo everyday. The task and responsibility of a mother is un-
believable. She is very amazing.
I respect and love my mother so much. She is very precious to us.
Now i know why she was able to take good care all of us. Because
of the special love she had for us.
To all the mothers in the world. You are the gentlest creature born
to this world. We adore and love you. Cheers.
@apple1982 (42)
• China
5 Aug 08
I do admire my monther,she create a worm family for us.She is always very busy,when I come to home,I always see my monther cooking\cleaning\and so on.she spend all her time for family instead shopping \dating with friends\and so on.
I think it is because "LOVE"that monthers can do so many jobs .And My monther is the most important mumber in my family,if she is not at home ,my father and I will go out to buy some snake for meal,and life lose colour.
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@poona_m (336)
• India
4 Aug 08
Well at the moment this is precisely the thought that hits my mind most often in a day. I have a 3 month old baby now and ever since I have had my kid my mom has been here supporting me. Thinking back I wonder how my mom managed raising 3 kids when I am finding myself busy all day with just this one in my lap.
I am really puzzled how she managed everything. With all the technology available today to make life easy I am finding it difficult to manage everything and she did all that without the help of these technology. Love and respect for her has grown multi-fold in my heart after the arrival of my baby. I can now understand better how much she might have sacrificed for me and my 2 brothers.
Mom I love you. You are the best.
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@smilyn (2967)
• United States
5 Aug 08
that is true..Even with advanced technologies and easy household works, it is very dificult to raise a single child these days..It is really amazing how the mothers at early days managed bringing up all kids and also household works..Now you are a mother too.One day your child will admire you and be proud of you...Happy parenting..
@sunshinelady (7609)
• United States
5 Aug 08
I admire my Mom very much. She is 87 years young as of June 2008. It is amazing to watch her. She is always in a good mood. These past several months have been hard on her. She has had back surgery and had to have her colon taken. She bounced back and she is in a wheel chair but that doesn't stop her. Her smile lights up the room and her eyes sparkle. When she was younger she worked right along side Dad in the business he had. When she would sit down at the table to make out bills to send to their customers she would have a table set up for us kids and had crayons and paper and a number of different things for us to do to keep us busy while she worked. She was a problem solver also. We could tell her things and she would take it in stride and come up with a solution. She raised ten kids and did a out of sight job of it. She kept us in line and looking back that is amazing. My Mom stands 5 ft 4 in in physical heighth. We all have to look down to talk to her. But in my heart she is a giant. We all respect her a lot. Mom taught us manners and how to treat people and that is a lesson that I have never forgotten. Mom did a whole lot of different jobs and never complained. She was Dad's side kick and his help mate.
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@bdugas (3578)
• United States
5 Aug 08
You are lucky that you had a mother that made sure she taught you all that was good and got you ready to go our on your own. I didn't have such a mother, she didn't care what happen to me, so I learned most I know in street smarts. I did go back to school after 14 years, but when i was growing up it was find a husband to take care of you.
A mother who loves her children only want the best for them, they do all the jobs without even thinking about them as she does them, it is just instinct I think, she teaches you all the things you need in life. And she don't complain about how much she does she does it out of love for her children. Most dont' take the time to even notice what they need, their health, time by their selves, their needs always comes last. Any one that has a good mother needs to thank her for what she does for them, cause you could be like me and not have such a mother.
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@ruby222 (4847)
•
5 Aug 08
Mothers are multi tasking and on the whole very hard working too.The role of the wife and mother is very much underestimated,there are a thousand and one things on your mind the whole time,and it always seems as though the welfare of the entire family is all laid at your door,but never the less its a worthwhile job,and it brings its own rewards.
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@kenzie45230 (3560)
• United States
4 Aug 08
Oh, I surely do admire my mother. When I was a kid, she was still using a wringer washer. And ironing everything - pillow cases, table cloths, sheets, even my dad's t-shirts. There were no quick ways to feed us. No microwaves. Very little boxed meals. Everything was from scratch.
I was 6, my brother was 2 and my sister was a baby with colick. She had my grandmother living with us - as she healed from having a stroke and a broken leg.
And she had her 18-year-old brother-in-law living with us...because he got kicked out of the house by his step-dad. And my Uncle Wayne was building a stock car in the back yard!
Not only that, but in addition to taking care of the house and us and my dad, Mom also typed insurance policies at home. With a manual typewriter and about 5 sheets of carbon paper to make copies.
When we were in school, she took a job outside the home that was from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. so that she could be there when we went to school and when we got home.
She was in the church choir, and was always in charge of crafts at Vacation Bible School.
She was the PTA vice president, and a room mother.
She learned to drive just so she could do the carpool when I was in kindergarten - and the school buses didn't pick up kindergarten kids...and we lived about 4 miles from the school. Too far to walk, except if we used the woods, and even in those safer times she didn't want me using the woods alone that young.
My mom was awesome, and if I can be one-tenth as good with my hubby and son (he's 24 and says I was lots better than one tenth), then I'm happy.
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@metschica25 (5399)
• United States
5 Aug 08
I have so much respect for my mom , and there are days I am so worn and have no idea how she did all she did , and always kept going . My mom has always been so kind and would do anything for anyone . I think for most parents it is just a second nature to do . We learn from our parents and we pass down .We get little pieces of life and pass down .Small and big things all add up
@successlog (3172)
• China
5 Aug 08
hello friend, yes, mothers are the most honorable person in our life.I think we all know mother is very important to us as well father,and maybe in some condition.mother is more courageous than father.In real life, we can feel the endless love from our mothers.mothers know how to keep us warm when we are kids,how to keep us incentive when we are study,how to encourage us when we are sad or depressed.Mothers' love is unselfish to kids.and they will never change their love on kids in their hearts.so i think we should love our mothers a lot more.aren't we? lol
good luck
@icegermany (2524)
• India
5 Aug 08
i always admire my mom, not for just being a good mother but for also being a good human being which made her a good mom
i really think sometime, as i m a mother now i realise how difficult it was for my parents to bring us up. i just have a only son but we were 4 of them to my mom
she use to takecare of us so very well that we never found there was something less or missing in parents love
she use to getup early in the morning cook for us whatever we desire to eat in breakfast then drop us to our schools, get us lunch, pick us from school
all the duties she use to perform, she did it very well
she supported in our studies, she is a good friend of mine too,n i use to share all my feelings with her, i never felt that i was alone in my life as my mom was always with me on everystep to support me.
now i m far from her n i miss her a lot but always communicate over phone n get relaxed
it is not that we only have to admire our parents, its our duty to look after them in their oldage where they need us a lot.
if our parents can take a pain to bring us up n like to take this lifetime trouble
i think even we should step forward to take their pain in their oldage n help them lead their rest n small part of the life happiply
dont u think so?
@smilyn (2967)
• United States
5 Aug 08
that is true..It is the duty of the children to take care of the parents at their old ages..The parents deserve the care and love. They take care of their child from the day they are born and even before that..But many people forget to take care of their parents and love them at their old age.
@zeny_zion (1283)
• Philippines
4 Aug 08
most mom's are really like that. why most? cause not all mom's do all that kind of work. there are mom's only cares about their work in the office. they dont want to do household chores. they have nannies for children. mom's who are hands on to their household work, children and office work has to be given an award. like me, haaha. im a mom who do all athe household work, work in the office and takes care of the children. im not saying im perfect but its a hard work.