In England Mother’s Day falls on different date in March while in North America it is usually in second week of May month. As usual while reading on internet Asian Voice I came to know that this year it was on March 11 Sunday so on behalf of my family and friends I extend warmest Happy Mother’s Day wishes to all and I went in to memory lane of 22 years back of March 1996.
At that time my Late mother Maniben Patel used to live in Southall with my younger brother and me and my wife Bhavna almost every year during our vacation used to come and spend quality time with her. Due to her old age on and off she wasn’t keeping well. One morning in March of 1996 my brother-in-law Mahendrabhai Patel called me,saying that my mother is in hospital and her health is deteriorating so I took time off from my work and came there and spent most of the time in hospital with her.
One day prior to Mother’s day in England upon finishing my vacation and before leaving for Canada I went to see her in the hospital and she asked my younger brother that what will Sureshbhai eat in plane! Make sure you give him food.I was speechless as she was on death bed and still she was worrying about her 54 years old son.I came back to Canada and following day of Mother’s day she died. Not on Mother’s day, not on March 18,1996 which was my younger daughter Aarti’s birthday and not on March 20, 1996 which was my nephew Keyur’s birthday with whom she was living.
Mother’s unconditional love,sacrifices and strong will power to face all hurdles come in her way cannot be measured in terms of it’s monetary values. It is totally priceless and we must appreciate and before we pray God we must pray to our mother/parents as they are equal to God and spend quality time with them and by doing that their inner blessings come from their heart will make us and our children happy and never ever use them only for our selfish motive.
Happy belated Mother’s Day to all mothers living or no more in this world.
Suresh and Bhavna Patel
Canada
