{"id":981,"date":"2014-05-09T10:40:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T10:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourgicenter.com\/?p=981"},"modified":"2015-08-10T07:33:23","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T07:33:23","slug":"mothers-day-nothing-better-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourgicenter.com\/mothers-day-nothing-better-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Mothers Day: Nothing Better than a Mother."},"content":{"rendered":"
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My Mother<\/p><\/div>\n

Listen to my Radio Talk “This I Believe”\u00a0on past Mother’s Day with KUHF Houston Public radio, here: Mothers Day Talk<\/a><\/p>\n

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All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.<\/em><\/p>\n

Abraham Lincoln<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0First, A Note to My Mother…<\/h1>\n

Today is Mother\u2019s Day<\/strong>, I think about you my mother; I think about you every day really…but more so today. I wonder how you would look like today had you been living among us in this earth now and in this moment.<\/p>\n

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The Importance of This Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Mother\u2019s Day, we show special appreciation for our mothers and all mothers of the world. That includes our wives, our better halves, our coworkers, friends and relatives.<\/p>\n

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Meaning of a mother… never captured in word…<\/strong><\/p>\n

But a mother is such a special thing that I have no word to define it, I have no way to describe it; perhaps learned and talented people around the world had defined a mother much better. The reason I cannot define or explain my mother is because a mother is such a personal, emotional, social, and a collective experience: a mother is who I am, a mother is my breathing, my mother is my every heartbeat, my mother is the firing of every nerve cell in my brain; so how can I define her? If I could, I would have been much greater person than I am now.<\/p>\n

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My Belief in My Mother<\/h1>\n

Setting aside just a day in a year for celebrating motherhood\u00a0was initially an unsettling thought for me when I crossed the ocean in search of my American Dream and reached the shore of my dreamland America. \u00a0Since then I came a long way in my personal evolution on accepting the day: while we celebrate this Mother\u2019s Day in a befitting manner, to me every day is Mother\u2019s Day, my every moment is courtesy of my mother; because without my mother I am non-existent. I will be paralyzed without her, she is my inspiration, and she is the fuel of my life.<\/p>\n

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My Mother, a sleepless sentry for her children<\/strong><\/p>\n

In conventional sense, my mother is not physically present here in this earth. But I see and feel her presence everywhere, in every turn I take and in everything I do. She watches out for my well-being every moment, she is the unseen force in every move and in every effort of mine. She is in there with me whenever I need her. Mother, you\u00a0send out your emissaries from heaven every day for me just like the other day you did when I met a patient friend of mine who told me point blank: \u201cDr. Meah, I know you will take care of me, I will be safe in your hand, because you love your mother\u201d. Now these sorts of comments are not uncommon in my medical practice at all!<\/p>\n

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To My Patients, Friends, Families, Readers, and the Universe…<\/h1>\n

So to all the mothers, mothers who happen to be my patients, my co-worker mothers, would be mothers, past mothers and future mothers to come and specially to my wife, mother of my children and my own mother: let us celebrate motherhood, a best of \u201cMother\u2019s Day\u201d to you all. God has not created anything better than a mother in this earth and this is why Mohammad had said, \u201cOf course! A child\u2019s heaven lies beneath\u00a0the feet of his\/her\u00a0mother!\u201d.<\/p>\n

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A Final note…<\/strong><\/p>\n

So mother, know that I love you. \u00a0You gave me everything in my life, you are the cause of my every celebration, you are the cause of my service to public and humanity. I know you help me every day, you watch out for me in every moment of my life. A mother is such a powerful force, a mother is such a good mentor, a mother is such an inspiration, a mother is such a blessing, a mother is the cool shade in the dog days of summer, a mother is the oasis at the end stretch of the desiccated desert landscape: a mother is everything good! Thank you God for my mother and thank you God for all the mothers!<\/p>\n

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