THE MOTHER’S LOVE: Happy Mothers’ Day, 2023

By Benjamin Pulle Niriwa, 09.05.2021, Last Updated on 14.05.2023

How do people feel when a needle or thorn pricks them deeply? Though I am not a woman, I am sure majority of women when asked; would say that, the one day pushing though painful, is better than the nine months of stress and uncertainties (Pascal & Langaker, 2020; Fowler et al., 2020). No matter your status in life today, your mother is the one who was cleaning your anus.

No matter how one loves you, always remember that your mother loves you unconditionally in her womb, when you were still an ovum. You were not yet even a fully formed human being when your mother started showing you love in her womb as a fertilized ovum! Because of you she has suddenly become very careful with what she eats (Chakona & Shackleton, 2019), right from the day that she missed her period. She did not because she did not like she does not like what she used to eat, but because she did not want to hurt you.

Anytime you finish bathing and you are looking refreshing, ask a simple question; “Who was bathing me when I was nobody?” That is Love! Your mother was bathing you, feeding you, washing your clothing, carrying you on her back, and loving you at the time that you got nothing to offer. Mothers right from the time of conception practice the greatest commandment (Matthew, 22:34-40; Figure 1). If you think that you are the richest on earth, pay your mother for all that she has done for you for the world to see! Just as no one can buy life: so can no one be able to pay any of their parents in life!

No one can debate against the fact that mothers are very important personalities in societies! What mothers do for their children are numerous and cannot be counted. There cannot be a mother without a father: there cannot be a father without a mother! What this means is that whether a mother or a father you are all important and need each other. But there is an old cancer associated with the celebration of mothers’ day which is a big problem that needs redress. Some feminine activists are promoting gender discrimination in so many ways and unfortunately are trying to add mothers’ day to the trend.

When it is fathers’ day no man is heard trying to mock women or under rate their importance in society. But when it is mothers’ day some women are heard trying to create the picture as if women are more important than men. This is serious growing malignant cancer that must be stopped with immediate effect. Anyone who tries to promote gender discrimination with the guise of empowering women is not doing anything good for women. Gender equality must be gender equality and nothing else!

Some of the consequences of these behaviors are contributory factors of the increasing lack of sexual satisfaction amongst both genders (Abu-Elenin et al., 2022; Niriwa et al., 2022). Honor crimes are gradually becoming serious public health problems affecting all genders (AlQahtani* et al., 2023; Abu-Elenin et al., 2022; WHO a., 2020) and these discriminatory behaviors are contributory factors that cannot be ignored.

As we remember this mothers’ day, ask yourself: how do I also practice the greatest commandments in my life?

 

 Figure 1: Remember Your Childhood Days and Appreciate Your Mother

Recommendations or Suggestions

Ø  All genders are equally important. It is normal to tease each other but creating false perceptions as if one is superior than the other is a Bomb Shell and must be stopped.

Ø  It is right to praise mothers on mothers’ day but trying to create the negative perception as if men do nothing in the family must be stopped.

Ø  Wishing all mothers: “Happy Mothers’ Day” but on fathers’ day, it becomes “Happy Fathers’ Day to All Responsible Fathers” is discrimination and must be stopped.

Ø  Mothers and Fathers’ Days can also be used by couples to remember their marriage vows and give snail space treatments to each other. This can also help spice up your marriage.

Ø  Mothers and Fathers’ Days can also be used by couples for reconciliation. If any of you had wronged the other, such a day is very good opportunity to apologize for forgiveness.

 

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