Oh, Where is Mom?

Who said you wanted a nagging mom? Nobody wants one I bet, but in most cases moms are naturally designed naggers. Anyhow, we love our moms that way. That, no matter how big their mouth is, we have to admit it’s one reason why we just love our mothers and their nagging. I can vividly remember how my mom was like an alarm clock way back in my elementary days. Every morning I woke up with her, yelling at us to wake in time for early preparation for school. She was as loud as an alarm clock but I think it has taught me something that still applies up to now; punctuality. I know she would always do that every morning because she wanted to instill in us the value of being “on time”.

Moms, being “figuratively noisy”, can be annoying. They are like cellular phone reminders. They never fail to reiterate things and values that we have to be reminded of. They always talk, they do sermons, they lecture that sometimes it saturates us. Think. Without those unceasing reminders, we are not the better persons that we are now. Even if it was irritating at times, it served as our guide as we grow up. It was just hard for us to immediately realize that what had actually molded us to be responsible individuals basically were the exasperating reminders of our mother.

When a woman becomes a mom, I guess it is part of the package that she has to talk, yell and instruct a lot, can even be like the guidance counselor in our school, give the best advice on earth. Predicting that we are into trouble, that we are having dilemmas, that we are feeling not so well is another extraordinary talent that our moms have. And when they are right about their predictions, there our moms go… start talking and talking again. Sometimes they are comparable to a talk show host on TV. Agree with it, they can give the most relaxing conversation we can ever have oftentimes when we most need it.

So, do you still wonder why when you get to arrive home and the house seems to be empty and quiet you ask; “Oh, where is mom?”. We have to confess it always unconsciously happens. You just don’t know how you are so annoyed with mom nagging around making the house so noisy yet, when they are not visible in the house, we look for mom. I came to realize it when one time I had a chat with some of my officemates while having lunch. We all agree on that. It is definitely, true. We instantly look for them when they are out of sight at home. We miss them. The house is always incomplete without the noisy mom. Even if we don’t like it at some point, we just love them being the person that they are especially their unstoppable mouth which has given as the practical advices we first learned.