I love you. I wonder, how many of us say that every day? It’s such a short sentence. Then again, it is perhaps the longest sentence ever written. It’s so easy to say those three words but it is another thing entirely to demonstrate it every day of our lives. I wonder who can?
When did you first hear I love you? When did you first feel it to be true? For me, it was November 9, 1957. The day I was born. Like all of you reading this, my mother carried me for nine months. Like you, from my mother’s moment of blissful agony, I emerged into this world to her loving embrace.
Who was your first Valentine? For me, like many boys and girls, it was a crayon-scribbled note to my mom. Happy Valentine’s day, mom .. Love, me! Do you remember that? I am so blessed that I can write this.
Like so many others, every day I felt love. Every day, I was nurtured by my mother’s unconditional love.
Sure, we have all been scolded for taking cookies from the cookie jar, or doing something nasty to our siblings’ hair, but our mothers’ love is constant and unfailing. And while for us, the many years of our lives have obscured the memory of that day, for our mothers, the memory of it is unforgettable!
This video clip of the incomparable and unforgettable Nat King Cole was apparently produced in 1957
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Well done little brother
your text… and more your thoughts and tenderness moved me in a way that cannot be described… Thank you for a well deserved tribute to Mum.
Carol
Thanks Sis!
Happy Valentines Day to you too!!
Your little brother!
Gileeeee
It has taken me a long time this morning son from when I first read your article to now, and even now, I feel as though I were elevated…..hanging as it were in mid-air.
As would any parent receiving such a beautiful tribute, including a wonderful lullaby.
Thank you seems so inadequate and yet that is all I am able to return to you from a heart full of motherly love.
Thank you my son, thank you.
I wish you all the very very best , today on St. Valentines, and always..
Thank you also Carol for your beautiful sentiments which I also hold very close to me as well as those of Michele and Colleen
Family means so much .
Love,
Mom.
Hi mom,
It is I who thanks you for all you have done for us! I was thrilled when I found the video clip of Nat King Cole!
Huge Hugs!
Love
Gileeeeeeeeee
How blessed we are indeed that we have known love and nurturing as children. A person’s whole life is a reflection of those early years. So many souls struggle each day to overcome the effects of the lack of it as they grew up. To truly feel loved, nurtured and protected, to feel special and wanted … there are no better gifts on the journey to adulthood. Thank you Gil for you tender words. Thank you Mother for being a constant source of love and support in our lives … for being our first ever teacher of “love”. Mich