For The Love Of A Mother

My Mom Made Me Cry

Mustering all the courage I could have had, i told my mom that I will quit my job and go on a motorcycle tour on my own to see the world. In a few years time anyway. My wife was sitting next to me at that time.

My mom was startled, apparently. First reaction from her was, "quitting your job so you can play around?" I said, "yes. quitting my job so i can do what I want to do before it's too late. before i tell myself i should have and could have." Mom said,"well i myself have many things I would have liked to do but didnt get a chance to." not without a smile I might add.

And so I grew a bit bravier. "and mom, that's exactly why I want to do it. I dont want to sit there one day at your age, and tell people that there are things that I wanted to do but I didnt."

With that she let the topic drop. She didnt actually refute or trying to stop me from doing it. She just didnt say anything. And of course she wasnt mad by a long shot.

This evening she rang me up, telling me she had found the old canteen that I used to bring with me on my camping trip. ( I had only camped once, mind you)
I didnt quite get her idea so I asked, "what about the canteen mom?"
She said, "you said you want to tour the world. So you need something to cook with, yeah? So i got this for you, all stashed away in the storeroom."

Oh my god..... I just broke into tears. She didnt stop me from going, but she actually helped me to get going!

Thanks mom. Thanks for letting me be me. Thanks for supporting me, in the way you can.

I love you.

Cheers Riders.