A mother's precious gift...

The joy of cooking for your family is priceless!!! For everything else, there is a Master/Visa card.

I am an individual, who hasn't been too passionate about cooking from a very young age. It has been more a chore, the-duty-of-a-good-wife, rather than a passion. Perhaps the aversion to cooking came from watching my mother – a working woman then (she is now 75 years), spend all her spare time in the kitchen without any help, motivation, or acknowledgement day after day, which only triggered more frustration and intense moodiness.

As I blossomed into a young woman, she started to prep me with the culinary skills that she had developed over the years by watching numerous Sanjeev Kapoor's Khana Khazana cooking shows and recipes shared from family and friends all compiled into that one book she wrote for me as part of my wedding present. I took utmost pleasure in trying out all her recipes as a new bride; Oh how I treasure that book even now! It is filled with some very unique recipes, tons of advice and a heart full of blessings. 

After almost 11 years of blissful marriage and two kids, I think I can say, I have made my mother proud by being a good cook. How do I know? I rarely take a peek at the recipe book now for ingredients and I cook some fantastic meals-Ask my hubby dear. I must confess, the book did go through some serious brutality of cooking catastrophes during this phase. It has sat on hot stove-rack leaving its imprint on the page, but it is still very close to my heart; after all, my mother wrote it for me -A gift, a legacy that she passed on to me.

She is the epitome of strength and determination. It is her ‘My way or the highway’ mantra that has shaped me to be a strong woman today. Like the scriptures says in  Proverbs 1:8-9 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.  They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.

 

Dear Friends – Do we give our due respect to our mothers? Do we realize her sacrifices in our lives? Shall we, on this day, give our mother a hug and thank her for her unconditional love.