Once a mom, always a mom ! I have heard
this since childhood. And have wondered ! Why not “ once a dad, always a dad”?
A bit of a foolish question, that !
The cosmic artist has carved out mother and
child from the same stone. Imagine ! When you see your child, made in your
image, with your blood and tissue, it is just like an experience of the soul
being an integral part of the Divine.
How can one make light of this reality ?
And specially when it comes to aborting a child, and a girl child .
I haven’t seen a mom whose face doesn’t
light up at the mention of her child. To her, her child will always be like a
child, whatever the age. And she will always protect and counsel her child.
Maybe, sometimes, adult children may feel that they don’t need this anymore.
But the happiness a mom gets by being loved by her children is unimaginable.
And the satisfaction she gets by counselling them is also part of her need to
protect. And expects her child to understand that.
If children have clear eyes, they would see
that they have had someone holding an umbrella above them each second so that
they are shielded from the sun. And they are blessed. Like I feel I am, despite
many wars fought with the mom .
Folks , moms are moms and never do we quite
have any relationship like this one.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
