YOU MAY BE wondering what to do for your mum on Sunday. Ideas fill your mind on where to go this Mothers' Day. But don't let what should be a day of celebrations become a burden. How about just sitting back and enjoying a few moments together at home? Tell your mother how much you enjoy her cooking and then help her clean up the kitchen. Then watch some television. The hugely popular America's Funniest Home Videos will take a comical look at motherhood with 'A Tribute to Moms' special tomorrow . While we are laughing out loud at some embarrassing moments for mums, we must remember who mothers are. A mother is a parent, a wife and a care provider. But has it ever struck you that mothers are also chefs, maids and accountants? Some are even the family chauffeur. The portraits of mothers in the America's Funniest Home Videos' clips are candid, not feigned. The mothers were simply caught being themselves, but the incidents are funny and often heartwarming. The programme will be shown for the first time in Hong Kong, although host Darryl Hughley no longer presents the series and the clips were taken in 2000. The sentiment the show expresses for Mothers' Day remains unchanged. If you do not know how to put the bond with your mother into words, let's learn from other people: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 'All I am or can be I owe to my angel mother.' Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States from 1861 to 1865. He made extraordinary efforts to attain knowledge while leading a worker's life. His most quotable speech was made in Gettysburg: '... government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth'. He was assassinated in 1865. Anne Morrow Lindberg (1906-2001) 'By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great 'vacationless' class.' Lindberg was a noted writer and aviation pioneer in the US. In 1931, she and her husband took a journey in a single-engine aircraft from Canada and Alaska to Japan and China. The experience was chronicled in her first book, North to the Orient. Her observations were sharp. However, if she lived in Hong Kong today, she may have added an extra line: '... mothers are protected neither by company retirement schemes nor the Mandatory Provident Fund.' Italian actress Sophia Loren (born 1934) 'Is my mother my friend? I would have to say, first of all, she is my Mother with a capital 'M'. She is something sacred to me ... She is also a good friend - someone I can talk openly with if I want to.' America's Funniest Home Videos is shown on TVB Pearl at 8.30pm on May 10
