Cos You Are So Special Everyday

What's the news today? I am sure everybody now is talking about mother's day as we celebrate it every December 22nd. It's Indonesia Mother's Day. Some people considers it as a special day to give something very special to their mothers, even just a simple greeting "happy mother's day, mom" with a small kiss and big hug.

But when i listened to a radio program today, i learn something important about mother's day which become a kind of  ' a ceremonial day' to show our love and affections to our mothers. The co-host of the radio program, Nuim Hayat who lives in Australia said, mother's day or any kind of 'big day' such as valentine etc, now tend to be commersialized.

He said that in Indonesia case, a country with its Muslim majority should not consider mother's day as a kind of special day cos Islam teaches us to always respect and remember our parents, specially mother in every beat of our heart and every breath we are taking. Islam put mother in a very high position so there is no one ceremonial day for mothers cos every each day is special day for them. Islam forbid to say 'ah' to our mom, ask us to pray for our parents and take care of them when they get old.

All women can be a mother but only a few of them can be a good mother.

"A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done.  All mothers are working mothers and being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs, since the payment is pure love."  

That's what the saying goes though today there many moms who choose to be a working mom instead of a full-time mother with various reasons. I  must be lucky that i had a full-time mother. Words are not enough to explain how wonderful you are mom .... love you now and forever

"Rabbighfir lii wa liwaalidayya wa lilmu"miniina yauma yaquumul'hisaab, Rabbirhamhumaa kamaa rabbayaanii shaghiiraa."

(O Lord, forgive me, my parents and Muslims in the Hereafter. O Lord, show mercy on them as they have nourished me when I was young.)