19. Your mother offers you the gift of interests and inspiration. It can be around books, cooking, art, teaching or anything that she loved and modeled for you.
20. You can be mediocre or very bad at trombone, ballet class, baseball, or singing, but your mom will cheer the loudest, clap the hardest and pronounce that yo
1. Childbirth is scary and painful, but the joy that you brought your mom when you came into the world makes the pain a vague memory.
2. Someone can still love you unconditionally even when they have to take care of all of your needs and sacrifice sleep and sanity to do so.
3. When you are sick, she is really the only one who makes it better.
4. Mom is the one person in the world who will be completely honest with you about your appearance, your behavior, your choices and your hygiene.
5. Nobody cooks better than mom, even if she's a lousy cook.
6. Up until age 11, your mom knows everything. After that she's a complete idiot, until you have your own children. Then she's pretty handy.
7. No one has the power to embarrass or humiliate you more than mom, especially when she tries to behave like anything other than a basic mom.
8. Your mother is many things including a basic mom. That's a hard lesson. She is a human who was or is someone else's child, just like you.
9. Your mom can screw up and still be a good mother.
10. Every mother wants their child to be better than they were, to make up for their own deficiencies. That's not always healthy but it's true.
11. Your mother wants nothing more than to feel she has done a good job as a parent. Everything else pales in comparison.
12. If you are a man, you probably see reflections of your mom in your spouse or partner.
13. If you are a woman, your husband or partner sees qualities of his mom in you. Hmmm.
14. It doesn't matter how old you are or whether you and your mom get along — you will always want her approval.
15. Ain't nobody gonna be happy if momma ain't happy.
16. Your mom is the keeper of traditions. Many of your own traditions are learned from her.
17. Your mother will forgive you and still love you no matter what.
18. Some mothers don't forgive and that teaches you the value of forgiveness.
19. Your mother offers you the gift of interests and inspiration. It can be around books, cooking, art, teaching or anything that she loved and modeled for you.
20. You can be mediocre or very bad at trombone, ballet class, baseball, or singing, but your mom will cheer the loudest, clap the hardest and pronounce that yo
21. The hardest thing your mom has done is to allow you to fail. The best thing your mom has done is to allow you to fail.
22. When you left home, your mom had a hole in her heart and her life. It has probably healed, but she still needs to feel needed by you on occasion.
23. If you were wounded by your mom as a child, forgive her. She was doing the best she knew how. You are an adult now.
24. As a daughter, you may not want to become like your mother. Oddly, that happens in spite of yourself.
25. The best gift you can give your mother is to let her know she did a good job.