MUM

Mum, Mom, Mother, Mummy. All of these words mean the same thing yet they all carry a different kind of weight. Personally, I like to call my mum, 'Mum'. I used to call her 'Mummy', but when I became a teenager I felt like that was a bit too childish. 

I was in Chapters a few weeks ago and stumbled upon this article about how this lady, a writer by trade, found the saying, 'You should listen to your mother' to be true. Sometimes as a 25 year old woman, still trying to figure out my 'calling' in life I find it hard to listen to my own mothers wisdom but as this lady found out its so worth it to do. 

"...enabled me to make a living doing what I had always loved. And for this I can thank my mother. Because she was the one who saw that her business graduate daughter was not quite content and made me apply to a school of communications. You should listen to your mother. Really." - Lady (who's name I can't remember)

Sometimes I take my mum and her age old advice for granted. But as I grow and mature I'm finding more often than not that I should really just listen to her. Not just because she's 30 years older than I am but because she has had experience and gone through similar things that I am now facing. 

So this is for you Mum, I'm sorry that more often than not, I don't listen to your advice and wisdom but I want to change that. I love you and am so grateful for you.