{"id":70317,"date":"2024-03-13T09:01:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T02:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternatech.net\/?p=70317"},"modified":"2024-03-20T12:03:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T05:03:34","slug":"you-are-never-too-old-to-need-your-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/you-are-never-too-old-to-need-your-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"You Are Never Too Old to Need Your Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style='\"color:' font-size:><strong>At 6 years: &ldquo;Mommy, I love you!&rdquo;<br>\n<span style='\"color:' font-size:><strong>At 10 years: &ldquo;Mom, whatever!&rdquo;<br>\n<span style='\"color:' font-size:><strong>At 16 years: &ldquo;My Mom is annoying!&rdquo;<br>\n<span style='\"color:' font-size:><strong>At 18: &ldquo;I wanna leave this house!&rdquo;<br>\n<span style='\"color:' font-size:><strong>At 25: &ldquo;Mom, you were right&hellip;&rdquo;<br>\n<span style='\"color:' font-size:><strong>At 30: &ldquo;I want to go to Mom&rsquo;s house&rdquo;<br>\n<span style='\"color:' font-size:><strong>At 50: &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to lose my Mom&rdquo;<br>\n<span style='\"color:' font-size:><strong>At 70: &ldquo;I would give up anything for my Mom to be here with me&rdquo;\n<p><span style='\"color:' font-size:><strong>You only have one MOM\n<h4><span style='\"font-size:' color:>Mom is the one friend you can always count on\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>The only friend who is going to be with you in good and bad times is your mother. Think about it, even the person you consider your \u201cvery best friend in the whole wide world\u201d sometimes has other things going on and can\u2019t be there for you the way you need. That\u2019s okay. Everyone has lives of their own and we can\u2019t get mad if that life doesn\u2019t revolve around us.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>For Mom, though, her life DOES revolve around you. Maybe not every moment (moms deserve a life beyond their kids, especially when those kids are adults), but always at the moments you need them most.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>If you called up your best friend and asked her to come to watch your kids for a few days because you\u2019re sick, she\u2019d be here in a heartbeat\u2026if she didn\u2019t have other obligations to take care of (like her own children). On the other hand, if you called up Mom and said the same thing, well, you wouldn\u2019t even have to ask! She\u2019d start packing a bag the moment you said, \u201cI\u2019m sick.\u201d\n<h4><span style='\"font-size:' color:>Your mom loves you unconditionally\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Many valuable people might cross your path, but the one that will always be there unconditionally is your mom. There\u2019s a beautiful quote by Helen Rice that goes, \u201cA mother\u2019s love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking.\u201d In other words, of all the loves that exist, a mother\u2019s love is among the most intense and deep you could ever experience.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Sometimes our decisions break her heart, even though we don\u2019t mean for them to. We make choices that she doesn\u2019t agree with, but she still loves us. We go down paths she wouldn\u2019t choose for us, but she\u2019s still there to help us find our way back. There\u2019s nothing quite like knowing that no matter what you do, no matter how badly you mess something up, you\u2019ll always have at least one person on your side.\n<h4><span style='\"font-size:' color:>Mom is your home and your comfort\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Home is where the heart is, and for many, that means being close to mom. Even as adults, the warmth and comfort of being in your childhood home or spending time with your mom can give you such an amazing sense of security and peace. When life gets overwhelming and we just need a break, mom\u2019s home is always open to us.\n<h4><span style='\"font-size:' color:>How to Stay Close to Your Mom Even if She Lives Far Away\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>There\u2019s no denying that you\u2019re never too old to need your mom, but what do you do if you can\u2019t always have her by your side? As much as we\u2019d love to stay close to her (after all, there are some terrific benefits of raising your kids near their grandparents), life takes us to unexpected places where mom can\u2019t always follow. We grow up and move away. It happens. While nothing can totally replace the wonderful feeling of having your mom within close driving distance, these tips will help bridge the gap and keep you close.\n<h4><span style='\"font-size:' color:>Schedule regular calls (or better yet, video chats).\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Write them down in your planner and vow to never miss them unless there\u2019s a true emergency. Of course, you can always call her outside the scheduled times, but making a plan and sticking to it shows her that she\u2019s a top priority in your life (and vice-versa). If you have kids, schedule separate times for them to talk to Grandma. That way, she has your undivided attention during your call and your kids have hers during theirs.\n<h4><span style='\"font-size:' color:>Share the little things with her\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Sure, Mom wants to hear about your job promotion, the new house you bought, or her grandchild\u2019s first word. However, she also wants to hear about the job you didn\u2019t get, the house you almost bought, and her grandchild\u2019s second word. You know, the things you don\u2019t share with everyone on social media. She wants to be a part of your whole life, not just your big milestones.\n<h4><span style='\"font-size:' color:>Show her that you\u2019re thinking of her every day\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Anyone can set up a reminder to send Mom a bouquet of flowers on Mother\u2019s Day or her birthday. As beautiful as they are, roses don\u2019t really say, \u201cI am always thinking of you, Mom!\u201d Show her that she\u2019s in your thoughts every day by sending her \u201csurprises.\u201d You don\u2019t have to spend a fortune! Mom always appreciated the thought behind the gift more than the price tag on it, anyway.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Mail her a picture that your child drew. Tag her in a funny or touching Facebook post that you know she\u2019ll like. Even just a text saying, \u201cI saw so and so today, and it reminded me of you\u201d shows her that she\u2019s never far from the front of your mind.\n<h4><span style='\"font-size:' color:>Share a hobby with her\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Find something that you both love and make it \u201cyour thing.\u201d Maybe you and Mom are both fans of science fiction novels? Start a two-person book club. Love reality TV shows? Watch one together while on Facetime. Perhaps you both enjoy knitting? Share patterns, progress, and finished products with each other.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>If you don\u2019t have any hobbies in common, ask her what she loves most (besides you) and learn more about it. After all, mom spent hours learning about tennis, ballet, Marvel superheroes, the difference between Cabbage Patch and Garbage Pail kids, and everything else that you were interested in as a child just so she could relate better to you. It\u2019s totally your turn!\n<h4><span style='\"font-size:' color:>Make her a priority\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>All of the tips above and any other ones that you come up with all come down to one thing-making mom a priority. She doesn\u2019t expect to be number one in your life, even though you\u2019re number one in hers. She understands that you have your own kids now and that they come first and would expect nothing less.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>However, she\u2019s more than earned her place as the most important person after your partner and kids. If you keep that in mind, you\u2019ll have no problem staying close to her no matter how far apart you live.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Remember, just like you\u2019re never too old to need your mom, she\u2019s never too old to stop needing to be there for you.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 6 years: &ldquo;Mommy, I love you!&rdquo; At 10 years: &ldquo;Mom, whatever!&rdquo; At 16 years: &ldquo;My Mom is annoying!&rdquo; At 18: &ldquo;I wanna leave this house!&rdquo; At 25: &ldquo;Mom, you were right&hellip;&rdquo; At 30: &ldquo;I want to go to Mom&rsquo;s house&rdquo; At 50: &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to lose my Mom&rdquo; At 70: &ldquo;I would give\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":70318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Mom is the one friend you can always count on The only friend who is going to be with you in good and bad times is your mother.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-moral-story"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/You-Are-Never-Too-Old-to-Need-Your-Mom.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></span></p></span></p></span></p></span></h4></span></p></span></p></span></h4></span></p></span></p></span></h4></span></p></span></h4></span></p></span></h4></span></p></span></h4></span></p></span></h4></span></p></span></p></span></h4></span></p></span></p></span></p></span></h4></strong></span></p></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p>