I can’t remember when Mother’s Day first entered my consciousness; growing up, we never observed it. Even today, I actually felt weird sending my mother a message on What’sApp greeting her a Happy Mother’s Day with heart and bouquet emojis. I only did because it’s easier.

I’m not really that generation of easy I Love You’s, quick tears and automatic hugs. You expressed love by doing right by your parents and what they’ve taught you. There are no tears because you followed their advice, followed your own gut, and never reached that point where you had to cry. And who needs a hug when you can give them something like money even if they didn’t need it, only because you can and partly because they taught you the means to earn it.