I started thinking more about my mother, not only because today was Mothers’ Day, but also because I’ve spent more time with her this week (we went shopping together, made cozonac – this Romanian crazy dessert which takes 5-6 hrs to make, and we weeded her garden), and I realized how much I really do enjoy spending time with her.
Being at church today, listening to talks on Moms, made me think of some of my mom’s traits that I admire and I would like to emulate, not just as a mother some day but also as a person.
Mom is curious – she wants to know a lot about my life.
Mom cares about every aspect of my life, she wants me to improve in every way.
She gets more pleasure from buying me something than for getting something great for herself.
She never gives up, even if it may be annoying to the rest of us, she is persistent – whether in making you try some food (when you clearly stated you weren’t going to have any), or solve some intricate, DMV or bureaucratic problem, she never gives up until she solves the issue.
Mom is best at finding stuff, you know the stuff that falls off the face of the earth with nowhere to be found, she magically finds it within seconds when you searched for minutes.
She rarely, if ever, says No – whether to helping for a late night school project that you’ve procrastinated on, or modifying that dress that I had to wear right the next day.
She’s never self-elevated herself, it’s never about HER.
My problems become her problems, instantly.
In spite of her love and care for me, she has this incredible objectivity when giving me advice, so she’s the first one to let me know that some piece of clothing doesn’t look good on me (when I inaccurately really think it does), or that I wasn’t the one right when arguing with someone.
We can and often do, gossip about everyone and everything.
She never stops talking, if she’s silent, then that’s bad – it makes our encounters way more entertaining, we also never get tired going over the same things at various times.
She’ll never stop forgiving us for making fun of her, for offending or even criticizing something she did etc.
Mom loves me unconditionally, always!
