I will always get a
lump in the throat reading anything that touches on a mother's love
and sacrifice for her children and today's letter
to the editor is no exception. The mother mentioned in the letter
seems the epitome of all mothers, selfless, putting the child's
welfare before her own and doing all she can to ensure that he has a
better future. Can you imagine that she even let him off for stealing
some coins of hers? She only scared him by saying that God would make
the person who stole the coins blind without pointing the finger at
her son. The son was worried but since he did not get blind, he
continued his wayward ways.
Fortunately he grew up to
be a very responsible adult who managed to look after his mother
during her advanced years. A poignant true story indeed.
Unfortunately there are
cases I know of some mothers who would never be nominated in the
running for the accolade of mother of the year. It is of course
unfair to generalise as each case is different. They are after all
human and have their own good and bad traits. We might overlook this
group of mothers in our overall praise for mothers. Maybe these
mothers deserve a second look. I doubt their failing, if we can call
that, as mothers are inborn. There must have been mitigating factors
that made them such and further studies and research is needed to
ascertain what actually happened.
In general, mothers are
the foundation that built our society. They nurture future leaders
and some say devils too. Their love has no equal and despite their
faults, they deserve to be loved in return. They can be irritating,
quarrelsome, unreasonable and perpetually poking their fingers into
the children's lives but it is all done for the love of their
offspring. Good intentions but sometimes not quite good methods are
used. They are trying their best. That we are quite certain.
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