mother Archives

Home ⁄ Tag Archives: mother

“Those Mother and Child Moments” – A Mother’s Day reflection -By Niranjan Selvadurai Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate the unique and irreplaceable bond between a mother and her child. Remembering those wonderful and poignant moments spent together evokes feelings of nostalgia and brings back fond memories of laughter, love, and shared experiences. Sri Lankan author and poet Sri Chandrarathne Manawasinghe, immortalized a mother and child moment is his Sinhala song “Monawada amme akuru jathiyak.” This song was first recorded as a “gramophone record,” during the 1950s. The song captures a conversation between a mother and her little son. The son in his innocence seeks explanations to delightful observations in nature. The mother responds with much imagination and poise. This conversation should not be limited to those who comprehend Sinhala verse. This is my attempt to provide a universal poetic interpretation of this magical conversation, to English readers. ...

A Mother’s “Never Ending” Daily Routine. – By Noor Rahim Always remember your Mother in every loving way Not only on the designated day alone – called “Mothers’ Day” For a Mother that conceived you and carried you all the way Enabling you, to one day, see the light of the day The value of a Mother is more than one can weigh For hers is always a day that requires to be “on her feet” all day Encountering the day to day with chores that come into play Some routine and others unexpectedly, as is always the way A Mother who wakes up long before anyone Preparing for the day by making your tea and breakfast While you are still in bed; and doing your yawning routine Then seeing you off to work/school at the door with blessings bestowed The work doesn’t end; as she returns ...

May 13, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Noor Rahim Tagged Happy Mothe's day, mother

SUNDAY CHOICE – A Mother’s Sacrificial Love – by Charles Schokman “By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren” 1 John. “Perhaps it has never occurred to you. On the other hand, maybe you are aware of it every day. But a mother is a sacrificial being. In addition to many other things, she sacrifices her sleep, her time, her career, her thin body, and her sense of “self” for her children. This doesn’t stop after the baby and toddler years. It keeps on going, in some form or another, for the rest of her life. Being a mother requires commitment, selflessness, patience, and a boatload of unconditional love. It’s a lot of hard, often thankless work to raise a child, which is why the mothers in your life deserve to be honoured on Mother’s Day (and every day!). Traditional ...

May 7, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged I love you, mother, Mother's love, Mother’s Day gift, unconditional love