They say you don’t fully realize your parents love for you until you have children.
Obviously I don’t have children (yet) so perhaps I don’t fully recognize that extent of my parent’s love. I wouldn’t disagree – though today I certainly had some glimpses of it.
I didn’t get back home until 10PM – I’m usually never at home since I fill up my weeks. But anyways I got back home by 10PM to catch some good sleep and my mom cooked some dinner for me – she warmed it up because I was hungry – oddly enough I didn’t eat dinner today since I was late to a gathering. Anyways I’ve sat down at the kitchen table and began to eat.
On that table – was her name tag. She’s a part-time substitute teacher so she needed to wear that to school. I haven’t seen that name tag until now – and on that name tag is a picture of her. It’s because of that picture – I was able to sit down and reflect on all the things she has done for me. She got wrinkles in her eyes 🙁 obviously not my fault right? hmmm maybe 1% – but the other 99% is probably my sister lol. Anyways – I’ve realized I have never let my mom know how much I appreciate her. I almost began to tear up at the kitchen table.
This sparked a memory – a memory where I had this exact same feeling. It was circa 2019 and I was at McDonalds reflecting about life. Yes I was that weird one and I still am to this day. But anyways – I was for some reason very thankful for my mom that day and wanted to tell her that. So I’ve texted her “Hey mom – I have something to tell you”. She responded “yes what is it?”. Then for some reason I backed out like a chicken and said “nevermind” lol. But to my surprise she said “Were you going to tell me that you love me?” …….. Iono how she knew – I guess mothers know you more than you know yourself. I was borderline freaking out and comforted at the same time. freaking out that she read my mind – and comforted that I have a mother that knows me and will always be there by my side.
Fast forward to present day Feb 12, 2025 – I’ve took my mom’s cell phone without her knowing and then hid it in a kitchen drawer lol.
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