TO THE NURTURERS, THE CORNERSTONES OF FAMILIES

Hie guys!
Yesterday we celebrated Mother’s Day, a moment to give our mothers flowers while they live. It’s a day meant to appreciate, not just biological mothers, but also all female members of society, who take up the matriarchal role – aunts, grandmothers, older sisters (whom we affectionately call deputy mothers, do we not?), all house helpers and maids who have had to step into motherly roles more frequently than not. And today, we celebrate the International Day of Families, recognising the importance of family as the cornerstone of society. The Family is the first model society, the first model school, church, workplace, city, and country.
And now, dear friends, I want you to notice this. If families are the cornerstone of society, and mothers are the cornerstones of families, then, by extension, mothers ARE the cornerstones of society! For this reason, I call them NURTURERS. Because over and above everything else, mothers are the Nurturers. While fathers are lifegivers and protectors, mothers are the nurturers, from the womb right through all the stages of life – infancy, childhood, teenage life, adulting. It is mothers and matriarchs – by their presence, by their affirmation, by their support and cheerleading, by the hopes and aspirations they nurse, the dreams to see the best in those under their care – who have silently, harmoniously, and beautifully kept society going through the centuries.
And so we say, thank you. Inadequate though these two words seem to be, none sums up the feeling of gratitude in all of us for the selfless and sacrificial role they play in all our lives. They make families the warm happy and healthy spaces that they are – and for this we say thank you, we love you!
It is the mother who deals with postpartum depression and puerperal psychosis. The mother who carries on her shoulders our burdens, her burdens and the other mother’s struggles. The mother who loses after having felt movement and life within her. The mother who tries to cocoon all parties in a blended family. A word to the mothers and mother-figures – keep up the good fight. I said it on Women’s Day, I’ll say it today too – you are not alone. Your greatest strength is within you, and in your fellow woman-human mothers. Never be afraid to ask for help, from a fellow mother, a fellow woman, a fellow matriarch. Do not let your voice be silenced and drowned by sny negative events that happen and overwhelm you. You are present for us, know that someone is present for you too. You are strong for us, know that someone just like you is there for you as your strength. And as you nurtured, so you nurture. And the beautiful rhythm of life continues, because you continue the cycle of grace, beauty, goodness and love that was handed to you by your mother, from her mother, and countless mothers before them.
You are our Cornerstone, our Warmth, our Nurturers, our Havens. And for that reason, protect your mental health by all means possible Because#MentalHealthMatters❤️🧠