Five things you can do for your mother
May 10, 2008 by Dont be sad
Photo courtesy of weird beard
When was the last time you did something nice for your mother? If anyone is deserving of acts kindness, it is mothers. This wonderful list which is adapted from Sound Vision (where you can find the original article containing 10 ideas) should act as some inspiration.
1. Give your mother a vacation…
Don’t think Hawaii. Think of a day away from the kitchen. Or the home. Give her a vacation from the home where for her, most of the seemingly endless housework is done daily. Or, if she doesn’t want that, start doing your share around the house. Maybe you could start giving her one day of the week off, when she does no cooking or household chores. Remember, fathers and husbands work hard at the office, but they get a two-day weekend in most cases. Mothers usually don’t even get a full day off. And if they are also working outside, it’s like two full time jobs.
2. Try beating your mother’s cooking…
While most mothers ask their children what they want to eat, turn the tables around and do the same for her. Is there special food your mother likes? Buy or prepare that food for her (if you are not the best of cooks, maybe it’s safer to just buy it).
3. If your mother is a bookworm…
If so, buy a small cabinet and buy all of the books you can afford. Then take it to her home and set it up for her. If you can’t do that find her a book she would enjoy and surprise her.
4. Is your mother in a nursing home…
If your mother is in a nursing home, why not plan to bring her home for a weekend visit to stay with you. Even better, why not make this a weekly, or twice a month set up, so you can spend more time with her and she can be around those who really love her more often? Of course the ultimate gift will be if you can liberate her from that nursing home so she can stay in her room in your own home.
5. If mother is not alive…
If your mother is not alive, visit her relatives and friends and ask what you can do for them. This is a practical way to honour her memory.
What other kind things do you do for your mother?
Good reminders, But i suppose It should be done on a regr basis, like once in two months, however your pocket allows you, rather than thinkink of her only on special occassions …
What a great post! Thanks!
Inshallah, I am going to do number 5. Thanks for the encouragement!
Peace be upon you all,
Maryam- Thank you for visiting Dont be sad blog again. I agree with you there shouldn’t be a set time for kindness to our mothers. The fact that the post was posted than was entirely coincidental. Actually in Britain, such a day is much earlier in the year.
mummyjaan- Thank you for your encouragement.
asqfish- I think this one is really very important, really.
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Salam,
Point no. 5 is something which I can do, thank you for writing out this suggestions ….
And peace be upon you,
Good of you to pass by- please do check out the original article, this point is explained on with narrations from the Prophet (pbuh).
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No.1 is very sweet. Any mother will appreciate having ‘a day off’ of endless house chores and never-end feeding act to her children. And it is very true if the mother is working by the time she comes home she will still do some works, two full time jobs indeed.
It was Mother’s Day last Sunday here in Australia, as a tribute to the day I posted a little writing to my mothers (yes, it’s plural). Please do visit this link when you have time
Wassalam
http://noorintan.blogspot.com/2008/04/to-my-mothers.html
Peace be upon you,
Good to have a testament of a mother- and thank you for sharing your link from down under.
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