09/11/2025
How you treat your mother is how life will treat you.
She is the root, your first teacher in love, kindness, and forgiveness.
She carried you before you took your first step,
held you when the world felt too heavy,
and hid her own pain so you could feel safe.
Your mother mirrors your soul.
Whatever you give her warmth, patience, or neglect
you will find reflected back in your own life.
Yet how often we forget to see her gently,
to ask how she truly feels,
to thank her for giving everything
when the world rarely gave her anything in return.
You may never know how many nights she cried in silence,
how many times she had to be strong when all she wanted was to fall apart,
how many smiles she forced through exhaustion.
You saw a woman who could handle anything —
not realizing she sometimes just needed to rest,
to be held without a reason,
to be loved without a demand.
Life returns what we give —
especially what we give, or withhold,
from the one who gave us life.
So treat her gently.
Listen when she speaks.
Honor her story without judgment.
Don’t measure her by what she couldn’t be —
she did the best she could with what she had.
And if she’s no longer here,
speak to her in silence.
Tell her everything you never said.
A mother’s love doesn’t vanish —
it transforms,
lingering softly in the air,
in your memories,
in the person you’ve become.
Remember this:
The way you treat your mother
is the lesson life will use to teach you love.
And nothing feels emptier
than realizing too late
that no one will ever love you
the way she did —
the one you once called Mom.