WE SHOULD MAKE EVERY DAY “MOTHER’S DAY”

Mothers are the most precious people in the world.

Through the years I came to the ultimate conclusion that we should all make every day “MOTHER’S DAY”

Most Mothers acquire a special tenderness only by bonding with their babies.

This usually changes the personality of the woman and  in most cases this new understanding extends far beyond.

Talking about our mother, she was born in New York City. As a young girl she and her mother traveled to Barbados and settled there. My brother , sisters and I were born there after she married to our father. He was born in British Guiana, now known as Guyana. He also chose to settle in Barbados.

Our mother was totally committed to her family and had no time for gossip and trouble making.

The early days were not very easy. Washing machines , Fridges, and Telephones were luxuries. Yet she managed. Some days she went to the Market for fresh produce to prepare the day’s meal. Other days we walked to the beach and waited for the small boats to land fresh fish. We enjoyed going with her.

At home , she did the cooking, the cleaning , the laundry, and she made sure that we always went to school clean and with lunch every school day.

She baked fresh breads and cakes and found time to do needle work, knitting and crochet as her hobbies. There was no Television. It did not exist in Barbados at that time.

As we grew up and demanded less of her time , she spent many evenings at the Girls Industrial Union where she taught young girls the art of cake making and cake decorating, knitting and crochet. She must have been responsible for molding the futures of many young women in Barbados.

In her later years she traveled to The United States of America on many occasions, enjoying the city, the train rides, long trips to Atlantic City and all that she deserved.

In Barbados she enjoyed Bathsheba, The Crane Beach, Silver Sands and of course Bridgetown.

She loved nature, plants, flowers, roses, and above all, she loved her church and people.