1. When you were 1 year old,
she fed you and bathed you. You thanked her by crying all the night.
2. When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk. You thanked her by running
away when she called.
3. When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals with love. You thanked her
by tossing your plate on the floor.
4. When you were 4 years old, she gave you some crayons. You thanked her by
coloring the dinning room table.
5. When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the holidays. You thanked her
by looping into the nearest pile of mud.
6. When you were 6 years old, she walked you into school. You thanked her by
screaming, "I'M NOT GOING".
7. When you were 7 years old, she bought you a baseball. You thanked her by
throwing it through the next-door-neighbor window.
8. When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice cream. You thanked her by
dripping it all over you lap.
9. When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano lessons. You thanked her by
never even bothering to practice it.
10. When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day, from soccer to gymnastic
to one birthday party after another. You thanked her by jumping out of the car
and never looking back.
11. When you were 11 years old, she took you and your friends to program. You
thanked her by asking to sit in the different row.
12. When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to watch certain TV shows.
You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.
13. When you were 13, she suggested a haircut that was becoming. You thanked her
by telling her she had no taste.
14. When you were 14, she paid for a month away at summer camp. You thanked her
by forgetting to write a single letter.
15. When you were 15, she came home from work, looking for a hug. You thanked
her by having your bedroom door locked.
16. When you were 16, she taught you how to drove her car. You thanked her by
taking it every chance you could.
17. When you were 17, she was expecting an important call. You thanked her by
being on the phone all night.
18. When you were 18, she cried at your school graduation. You thanked her by
staying out partying until dawn.
19. When you were 19, she paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus,
carried your bags. You thanked her by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you
wouldn't be embarrassed in front of you friends.
20. When you were 20, she asked whether you were seeing anyone. You thanked her
by saying "It's none of you business".
21. When you were 21, she suggested certain careers for your future. You thanked
her by saying "I don't want to be like you".
22. When you were 22, she hugged you at your college graduation. You thanked her
by asking whether she could pay for a trip to Europe.
23. When you were 23, she gave you furniture for your first apartment. You
thanked her by telling your friend it was ugly.
24. When you were 24, she met your fiancé and asked about your plans for the
future. You thanked her by glaring and growling, "Muuhh-ther, please!"
25. When you were 25, she helped to pay for your wedding, and she cried and told
how deeply she loved you. You thanked her by moving halfway across the country.
26. When you were 30, she called with some advice on the baby. You thanked by
telling her, "Things are different now."
27. When you were 40, she called to remind you of a relative's birthday. You
thanked her by saying you were "really busy right now."
28. When you were 50, she fell ill and needed you to take care of her. You
thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children.
29. And then, one day, she quietly died. And everything you never did, came
crashing down like thunder on your heart
IF SHE' S STILL AROUND, NEVER FORGET TO LOVE HER MORE
THAN EVER.
AND IF SHE' S NOT,
REMEMBER HER UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
Al-Qur’an:
“We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents: in pain did his mother bear
him, and in pain did she give him birth. The carrying of the (child) to his
weaning is (a period of) thirty months. At length, when he reaches the age of
full strength and attains forty years, he says, “O my Lord! Grant me that I may
be grateful for Thy favour which Thou hast bestowed upon me, and upon both my
parents, and that I may work righteousness such as Thou mayest approve; and be
gracious to me in my issue. Truly have I turned to Thee and truly do I bow (to
Thee) in Islam.” Such are they from whom We shall accept the best of their deeds
and pass by their ill deeds: (they shall be) among the Companions of the Garden:
a promise of truth, which was made to them (in this life)”. (Al-Ahqaf, 46:15,16)
Hadith:
It is narrated by Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah (R.A) that the Prophet (saw) said
(once), “May he be humiliated . May he be humiliated. May he be humiliated!” The
Companions asked him, “Messenger of Allah! Who?” He said, “He who has parents,
or one of them, in their old age yet he goes to Hell (because of not serving and
helping them).” (Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal)