A Mother’s Unconditional Love
Regardless of what you do, or what happens to you, I will always love you. There is nothing that you can do to make me stop loving you. Even if you mess up terribly, I will still be there for you.
I will always be grateful to my mom for saying this. I didn’t mess up too badly. I guess I’m a conformist. But those few little messes that did happen, proved that she had meant what she said.
Since every other relationship I can think of (spouse, partner, friends, even children) CAN end if you mess up too much, it is comforting to know that there is one person out there that will never stop loving you, no matter what.
In the photo: mother and I, January 1972.
(Let me save you the trouble and do the math for you: I am 36 years old. Almost ten years older than mom was when the photo was taken. How. Time. Flies.)
I was tagged for this by Jade.
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Ashleigh responds:
Posted: May 11th, 2008 at 8:18 am →
Awww, sweet! You were a CUTE baby! Happy Mother’s Day!
Diana responds:
Posted: May 11th, 2008 at 9:21 am →
That is so sweet. What a wonderful mother you have, and what a wonderful mother you are! Happy Mother’s Day!
bonggamom responds:
Posted: May 11th, 2008 at 11:03 am →
Hi Vered, thanks for visiting and Happy Mothers Day to you too! Looking forward to seeing you at BlogHer…
smtwngrl responds:
Posted: May 11th, 2008 at 12:11 pm →
Happy Mother’s Day!
Thanks for the comment support last week. I made my donations today!
MomGrind responds:
Posted: May 11th, 2008 at 6:48 pm →
Thanks guys.
The best thing about this post: calling my mom this morning and asking her “have you seen my new post yet?”, then listening to her (and my dad’s) emotional reaction.
Love you, mom.
phyllis responds:
Posted: May 11th, 2008 at 8:15 pm →
how cute were you!!!! what a sweet and wonderful tribute to your mom…
Evelyn Lim | Attraction Mind Map responds:
Posted: May 12th, 2008 at 2:30 am →
What nice words your mom said to you? You sure are lucky! To have that security is so important. I must remember to let my daugthers know the same too!
Thanks for sharing,
Evelyn
Pinay Jade responds:
Posted: May 12th, 2008 at 6:31 am →
Wow that’s beautiful. My mom didn’t say that in word but I just feel it. I have made some messes myself and yet she is always there no matter what.
Beautiful!
MomGrind responds:
Posted: May 12th, 2008 at 11:35 am →
@ Phyllis: Thank you.
@ Evelyn: I said it to my own daughters yesterday, and showed them this post. I plan to repeat this message many more times, as my mom did.
@ Pinay Jade: this is definitely a message that you can give your kids even without SAYING it.