Mother’s Day 2014

Do it to Believe it


“The phrase ‘working mother’ is redundant.” —Jane Sellman

Mothers do a lot. We all know that, and inevitably we all forget that. I certainly didn’t appreciate it until I got to college, and now it’s hard to deny the effect it’s had on me.

Teenagers are slobs.

I have no idea how my mom dealt with two of us at the same time. Gosh, in retrospect, that must have been painful.

This was the first mother’s day I have been away from home. It’s not really a huge deal in my family- we often just go out for brunch and spend a warm day in front of the TV. Nothing glorious, but definitely special. Definitely memorable.

For obvious reasons, I couldn’t do that today. Sitting in Pasadena, there wasn’t much I could really think of that would show my mom how much I love her.

You see, the first step to loving your mom is understanding what she goes through.

That’s exactly what I set out to do.

I spent the afternoon doing laundry. This is the result of 4 hours of my afternoon:

I can definitely graduate college before I ever learn how to fold like my mother.

Next came washing the sheets and setting the bed.

Getting out those wrinkles will always be a bigger struggle than anything else. I don’t know how you do it.

Thinking I was done and I should move on to homework for the day, I took one look at my desk. It was a mess. So naturally:

I forgot to clean the monitor screens. I know you wouldn’t forget.

These are little things, and far from who a mom truly is and what she truly means. Yet, it’s the little things that make you miss your mother at first.

It’s the little things that lead to big realizations.

Instead of baking a cake or making breakfast, spend some time understanding what your mom does for you. I promise— at the end— you’ll have a broken back, a headache, and a larger heart.

Here’s to the hardest job in the world. Here’s to all the mothers out there this Mother’s day that heartily deserved to be recognized. Here’s to my mom.

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Kshitij Grover

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