As I continued to shower her with love, I started to see the ways in which she had been feeling unappreciated and un loved. The way she'd light up when I gave her a hug, or the way her eyes would well up with tears when I told her how much I cared about her. It broke my heart to think that she had been feeling that way for so long, and that I had been taking her for granted.
But the biggest surprise of all was yet to come. As I sat with my mother on the couch, holding her hand and looking into her eyes, I saw something there that I hadn't seen before. I saw a deep and abiding love, a love that went beyond words or actions. It was a love that said, "I see you, I hear you, and I appreciate you, not just for who you are, but for who you help me to be." After a month of showering my mother with love ...
But as I looked deeper, I realized that it wasn't just about me, or my mother. It was about the universal human need for love and connection. We all crave it, but sometimes we forget to show it to the people closest to us. As I continued to shower her with love,
My mother had always been there for me, sacrificing so much to raise me and give me a good life. I'd always been grateful, but I realized that I hadn't been showing it as much as I could have. So, I made a conscious effort to change that. But the biggest surprise of all was yet to come