by David Brown

Created on: June 23, 2009   Last Updated: June 26, 2009

Absolutely. There is no doubt that the best thing we can do as children to our parents (which we will always be), is to appreciate what they have done for us since birth and thereafter each and everyday. We hear and read about all holidays, especially Christmas on a daily basis. We hear that Christians and this writer is one who believes this, is that everyday is Christmas. We need Christ in our lives daily, making Christmas an everyday holiday. So why should we not have a day set aside for our mothers and fathers and honor them? They appreciate us, do they not?

This writer recently wrote in another Helium article that both he and his wife are in a part of their lives where they either have lost a parent or in the process of watching a parent decline into death. This is happening at the same time. This writer's wife lost her father, who she appreciated him each and everyday of his and her life, to Parkinson's disease. He died last Friday, June 19, 2009. The same day, this writer's mother was entered into home hospice for acute leukemia. She is in her last stages of life since there is no hope for any sort of chemotherapy or bone marrow transplants which would help her.

We do not need to wait till it is too late to show our appreciation to our mother's and father's. We need to show them appreciation for clothing us, feeding us, giving us a roof over our head and helping us out when we were down and out. We might be parent's ourselves now or will be someday. Our mother's and our father's teach us more than we have ever imagined. We learn from them each and every day.

Some of our parents were born during the 1930s and some even later than that. Most of our parent's who are living today have fought in foreign wars to protect us from tyranny, terrorism and dictatorship. These parents have to be appreciated each and every day for what they do and for what they have done. Some of us have had hard times with our parents because maybe they were not what we thought they were. Do not blame your parent's for bringing you up differently than you want to. They care about you and want you to have more than they had.

Our father's and mother's deserve more than you can ever imagine. Giving them a day to honor them is certainly not enough. We have to tell them each day that we love them and appreciate them for being our teachers, our protectors and our friends. This writer is in his forties, yet still misses his father who passed away nearly 13 years ago. He was a great man. Watching his mother suffer through her last days is not fun. Yet, he cares enough about her that he wants her to have a mother's day each day until her time comes to return home to God.

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