Mother's Day is usually spent buying flowers, making breakfast (which must include tea for my mother), writing last minute hand made cards, eating out and many hugs and kisses.
This year was no different except that I ate 50% of the chocolate cake I made for my mum, we ate at a family friend's house and I didn't really buy her a worthwhile present. Strange as it seems, I have to admit that I haven't put in enough effort towards my mum simply on the daily basis. For example, she always screams at us for being 'dirty' and not cleaning my own mess etc. but I turn a blind eye to the tantrums she hits us with every single day.
How am I going to make a change?
As tough as my mood my be and as persistently nonchalant I can be I am going to start making a difference my the sake of my mother's stress and my own (from listening to her whine).
I will start to:
- Wash my own tea cups
-Wake up early enough so that we are not late for the bus (that she drives my sister and I to every morning)
-Wipe around the sink so less/no mess is left behind
- Start making an effort to clean my bathroom
- Keep my bedroom clear (to also to transform my space into somewhere I can concentrate and work)
- Do small meaningful things that I might think of to make my mum happier
This little target does not mean I have to start washing all the dishes every day and make a huge impact and waste lots of my own time (which I need to study in!) but it means I can cut out the whining whilst taking virtually no time out of my own schedule.
What will you do in order to make your mother's life a little better?
Will you pay her more visits?
Call her more often?
Send her flowers regularly?
Tidy up your room?
Keep care of your own mess?
Do things when she asks you to do them?
Speak in a nicer tone?
Remember these things are simple and do not require much effort at all but require consistency to make a world of effort.
So what will you do to change?
Priyanka xx
