What Makes A Mother?

She is the tenderness personified,
She is the patience personalized..

She makes the world bright making your heart enthrall,
She makes everything insight being a pal..

She is the Creator and the Survivor,
She is the Weaver and the Savior,
She does feel a quiver and needs a pamper..

She guides you and moulds you,
She eases you as well teases you,
She is your “MOTHER” she loves you…

A girl, who learns things as she grows, goes out in the world from a family in which no one thought of going further, comes out to be the best...

She goes to a new place; brightens it up... makes it more meaningful...

Then a phase comes when she gets to know that she will be playing a new role... that of a MOTHER.
Here, has to give more than receive. The right thing would be, she learns and expects at not expecting anything. In fact, she's so happy to give that she doesn’t even remember that she also deserves to receive; receive more than what she deserves.
A day dawns when she gets to learn that a new life is coming out of her. Nothing in her life belongs to her; she eats, sleeps, and takes care of herself not for her but for the new life blooming in her.

Enduring pain, she brings her (child) into this world
The moment the child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new

Now the only aspect around which her life revolves is the child’s welfare; making the child’s life meaningful by loving and nurturing the child at all times and seeing to it that she gets the best things in life.


The child grows, receiving love and care from her mother expecting all leisure from her.
Mother's love grows by giving.The mother gives anything and everything possible for her without expecting anything in return.
She lifts the child when it falls; consoles it when the child is down in life
The child’s dream becomes her dreams.
She supports it in all walks of life by guiding her in the path to enlightenment.
The child grows into a beautiful woman; she grows as her mother wanted her to be. They (mother and child) become good friends. They share almost everything.

And suddenly her mother’s life changes; a mishap occurs. Her Mother ignores it. Inside, the mother knows something’s wrong; but she does not want her children to know; until one fine day when they come to know what it has aggravated to – something called Multiple Sclerosis: a no cause, no cure disease...
The mother cant be the same as she used to be… cant be herself anymore… cant do much for herself … tries to get on with life.. Fights life for her children…struggles so that she can endure the pain again… this time so that her child can grow to be a good human being.

She knows that she now can’t do much for them but still tries to stand up thinking that she can still be with her children as always, loving and caring and giving them emotional support.

Time gets tough on her; she’s now living a life she had never thought of; always in pain
Facing this pain is getting difficult, but she knows that her children need her.
Life’s going to get difficult for them without her; and again she tries to endure the pain…
Again she tries fights not knowing what’s destined for her

She sees her children waiting for her to get up. She can’t tolerate the fact that she’s not able to do anything. She knows she has to fight…she tries again…but the time has come…she sees them fading away….she tries to blink…she tries to wake...she attempts one more struggle….maybe her last struggle…..nothing changes…..she’s silent… she ceases to live…………….


The child realizes that everything’s got over and there’s nothing left that she could do. The child feels helpless thinking that she could do nothing for her mother.
She realises how much she has inherited from her mother. In the last few moments her mother taught her how to face life; keep fighting, never lie down and above all learn to be human.

Looking back, she realises that she always had been selfish and mean; receiving and always accepting things without giving the slightest thought to what her mother would have gone through to get it. She had always been demanding be it materialistic or emotional. She always took and never gave.

Now she stands up and looks around and suddenly the thought hits her; she can’t do anything……………

Posted on behalf of my friend