25/07/2025
Before She's Gone: How to Truly Take Care of Your Mother While You Still Can
Time has a quiet way of slipping through our fingers. We get caught up in chasing dreams, growing careers, finding ourselves โ and often, we forget the very person who helped us take our first steps: our mother.
Whether she raised you with tough love or gentle hands, whether she's near or far, young or aging โ this is your reminder: donโt wait to take care of her until itโs too late.
1. Be Present, Not Just Available
Your mother doesnโt always need grand gestures โ she needs presence. A phone call where you truly listen. A visit without distractions. Sitting beside her while she tells you stories youโve heard a hundred times. One day, those stories will stop โ and youโll wish you could hear them again.
> โThe most precious gift you can give someone is your time.โ
2. Say the Things Left Unsaid
We often assume our mothers know we love them. But assumptions donโt comfort people โ words do. Tell her you appreciate her. Thank her for the sacrifices. Apologize for the times you misunderstood her. Forgive the flaws. Give her the peace of hearing your heart while sheโs still here to receive it.
3. Support Her Dreams and Health
Mothers often put their lives on hold for their children. Help her rekindle hers. Encourage her to pursue hobbies, travel, or simply rest. Book that health check-up sheโs been avoiding. Buy her something meaningful. Invest in her well-being the way she once invested in yours.
4. Be Her Strength, As She Was Yours
As she gets older, roles reverse. You become the comforter, the provider, the shoulder. Donโt resist this change โ embrace it. Whether sheโs strong or slowing down, be a steady hand. Let her know sheโs not alone in lifeโs later chapters.
5. Capture the Moments
Take the pictures. Record the voice notes. Save the handwritten recipes. These small things will one day be your biggest treasures. And theyโll help you hold on to her โ long after sheโs gone.
In the End, Itโs About Love in Action
Loving your mother is more than a feeling โ itโs a daily decision to show up for her, in both little and big ways.
Don't wait for a hospital bed or a funeral to realize what she meant to you. Show her now. Hold her hand now. Laugh with her now. Love her well โ while you still can.
