Appreciate ya Mom...n ya Dad too...before it's too late...

When you were 8 years old,

your mom handed you an ice cream.

You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap.

When you were 9 years old,

she paid for ya piano lessons.

You thanked her by never even bothering to practice.

When you were 10 years old,

she drove you all day,

from soccer to football to one birthday party after another.

You thanked her by jumping out from the car and never looking back to say goodbye.

When you were 11 years old,

she took you and your friends to the movies.

You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row.

When you were 12 years old,

she warned you not to watch certain TV shows.

You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.

When you were 13 years old,

she suggested a haircut that was becoming.

You thanked her by telling her tat she had no taste.

When you were 14 years old,

she paid for a month away at summer camp.

You thanked her by forgetting to write a single letter.

When you were 15 years old,

she came home from work, looking for a hug.

You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked.

When you were 16 years old,

she taught you how to drive her car.

You thanked her by taking it every chance you could.

When you were 17 years old,

she was expecting an important call.

You thanked her by being on the phone all night.

When you were 18 years old,

she cried at your high school graduation.

You thanked her by staying out partying until dawn.

When you were 19 years old,

she paid for your college tuition,

drove you to campus and carried your bags.

You thanked her by saying goodbye outside the dorm so you wouldn't be embarrassed in front of your friends.

When you were 25 years old,

she helped to pay for your wedding,

and she cried and told you how deeply she loved you.

You thanked her by moving halfway across the country.

When you were 50 years old,

she fell ill and needed you to takecare of her.

You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children.

And then, one day, she quietly died.

And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder on YOUR HEART....