Happy Mother's Day

Korrin B.

May 9, 2010 - 11:58 PM

Last Mother's Day, my mom was able to make it up to visit me and we had a delightful time going to the Saturday Market, strolling through Alton Baker Park, and cleaning my house (haha). This year, she will be coming up the weekend after Mother's Day in order to attend the University Awards Reception where I will be receiving an award. We are going to do the whole Mother's Day goodness at that time instead. I am definitely looking forward to having her come up, as I've needed some of that good love that can only really come from a motherly figure.

However, I did still call her today and even video chatted with her despite still being in my pajamas with complete bed head. The great thing about moms - they still think you look cute when you roll out of bed in the morning. Anyway, Mother's Day got me thinking about being women in general. In all honesty, I don't think you need to be a mother in order to be recognized on Mother's Day. I mean, yes, perhaps carrying something around in your womb for nine months does deserve its own special recognition, but I think the most important thing about a mother is, in fact, the way she treats other people. And, if this is true, then the world is full of more mothers than we think and every person in this world now has several more Hallmark cards to send out each year.

A mother is a strong woman. She is a woman who encourages the lives of those she cares about. She is sensitive and intuitive to the world and to other's feelings. She works hard at what she does and strives to make the world a better place. She is comforting. She knows when you need an extra push. She is a mentor. A mother has compassion, forgiveness, and empathy. A mother is someone whom we can all learn from and should all aspire to be like.

Imagine a world where all women treated each other with respect. Imagine a place where women built each other up and worked to help each other achieve equal greatness. Imagine a community in which every citizen interacted with each other with that sense of motherly love.

This Mother's Day, I would like to encourage all women to act in the footsteps of a mother. Be kind to each other. Be helpful. Be resilient. Be fabulous! Strong communities have strong women.

I recently learned about a nonprofit organization called The Girl Effect. The organization describes itself as such, "The Girl Effect is the powerful social and economic change brought about when girls have the opportunity to participate." The organization works to give girls living in poverty the chance to succeed and flourish. The Girl Effect, in a sense, takes that same care that is associated with a mother and reaches out to girls and women across the world. I'm thinking that maybe the perfect Mother's Day gift next year would be a donation to The Girl Effect , since it honors mothers throughout the world by empowering future mothers through motherly kindness.

Happy Mother's Day to every woman out there who has ever shown kindness by helping another person! And an extra Happy Mother's Day to the one who puts up with me on a regular basis!