Ode to Mothers

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**As Mother’s Day is approaching… **

**1. what is the one trait that you are glad that you inherited from your mom and **

2. another that you are happy you didn’t.

I am glad that I inherited my mom’s practical nature. She taught me that everyone has their positives and negatives and you enphasize on the positives and try to forgive their negatives. There are no perfect people on this earth.

I am glad I didn’t inherit her Martha Stewart ways. I don’t believe in spending elaborate amount of time on dawats, up keep and making sure there is no dust mite within a 1/2 mile radius of me. And if someone comes over and I only give them a cup of tea (without sandwiches, homemade halva or fresh cake from the oven) I don’t lose any sleep.

Your Turn…

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  1. kindness, hospitality, patience

  2. her going overboard with pleasing people. and o.m.g she's a clean freak, which i am too, but i realize it..she thinks it's the way to be! : D she's a lil too seedhi. i have always made a conscious effort to chagne that about me.

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  1. My mommy's sughrapa and her sense of fairness.

  2. My mother can't see shades of grey in any situation - it's either black or white - I see the world in technicolour :@:

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me too Sherysh - I hate my mom's absolute truths about the universe :)

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  1. Worry too much even about every non-issue

  2. Worry too much even about every non-issue

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  1. Generosity, I try to copy.

  2. Putting herself last.

  3. I'll add another to the list. One traits I wish I had but don't: ability to forgive and move on.

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I like this thread.
My mom loves food/cooking. I do too. We both try new dishes and tell each other how it turned out.

My mom is extremely nice, minds are own business, forgives and forgets, had a very very very tough life and still survived and made her marriage work.

I don't think I can put up with things she did. I don't mind my own business and I am anything but nice.

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Her innocence, and not being chalaak, her fear of Allah and because of that forgiving everyone

Her brooding nature, just overthinking every situation and remembering what someone said.... she doesn't do anything abt it....just andhar hee andhar sarhna.... and I am the same way but I wish I wasn't.....

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ive been thinking soooo hard.. darn it... i dont think i inherited anythign from my mommy :(

one thing im good i didnt.... sensitive nature and being too kind. whateva!

ok ok.. lets do a trhead on fathers instead...

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  1. her graciousness! she always makes people feel really welcome and loved. i received many compliments on her awesomeness from various friends of mine at our wedding who said she took the time out to speak to everyone and inquire about their families even though she was the hostess, and in the case of many of our friends, was meeting them for the first time! she's such an inspiration in that and i always do my best to remember that and channel her when we have people over at ours.

  2. i completely agree with you re: martha stewart ways especially when it comes to cooking. who has the time to dry and grind up their own spices? my mom does! she's always been a working woman but when i was growing up as a kid in a 3-bedroom apartment housing 8 people, i remember the place was always spotless, dinner was always on the table, and she'd even brush her hair, put on makeup and change her clothes before dad came home from work! i told hubby i'd do it for $5 a day if he was tired of seeing my lounging in my pj's when he gets home from work :P
    seriously though, its exhausting just thinking about how she managed all of that, not to mention the umpteen dawats every weekend.
    conclusion: she can be super woman all she wants, i'm happy to be sometimes-above-average lady ;)

  3. i'll add one more: what do you wish you had inherited from your mom?
    her grace! she's known in our family for mA being really graceful and elegant, and sometimes i just feel like a freakin' bull in a freakin' china shop next to her! honestly. she sort of floats through life (not in a flakey way) even when times are hard. i love my mommy and now i really, really miss her! :( wahhh! thanks a lot, niksik!

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love my mommy and now i really, really miss her! :( wahhh! thanks a lot, niksik!
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niksik? Oh she's on an extended vacation. They couldn't find anyone else so they send me as a back up :)

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^ d’oh! :smack:

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LOL at $5 for dressing up. I feel the same way.

I wish I inherited her habit of making time for friends. She has soooo many good friends and a great support system for herself. She cultivates friendships and still keeps in touch with people from every part of her life ..... college, different cities, pakistan, med school etc.