Motherhood - A plethora of emotions.

 "I am visiting the temple every Saturday to pray for him and his friends, so that they study hard and pass the board in flying colours. I can't do much sitting this far from you. But atleast my best wishes and blessings are with him and you all. Don't worry everything will fall in place", she said over the phone, comforting me when she came to know that I was anxious about my elder son's board exams.

My mom, did all that she could when I was in my school, college, post graduation. She wanted me to study well and succeed in life, just like her counterparts. And after becoming a grandmother, she does the same, whatever is in her capacity, sometimes more than that, for my kids. She has so much love to offer, not just to her daughters but her grandchildren too.

A mother has a plethora of emotions. When we study and do well she is elated. She celebrates with us, all our milestones. After being a mom myself, I have experienced similar sentiments. When my kids learn something new, I rejoice as much as they do. I am happy when I see their smiling faces.

On days when they come home hurt or sad or low, my heart aches too. I talk to them about their feelings, I want them to share with me all that they can't with anyone else, for them to feel better. I wish to do anything to cheer them up. When they are in pain, I do everything I can to relieve off their pain, may be medication to improve their health or cooking their favourite food or playing with them or just sitting by their side while they lay their head on my lap.

It's not something out of the world that I am describing, every mother does this for her kids. These sentiments are inclusive  in the word 'Motherhood' I presume. Even though a mother is just a human and everything ends up into essentials, this human being is born with superpowers. In the movies they show the twins experiencing the same pain or excitement, precisely like so, is with mothers and kids. You can't be happy when your kid is suffering, neither are you unhappy if your child is doing good.

All we want is, children to progress, be contented and lead a satisfied life. Until they don't become adults, we've to be around, to guide them mentally, physically and emotionally.

Yesterday I was waiting for kids to return from the school. I heard 'meows' in my garden. This mom cat was meowing in the most delicate voice while moving around searching. Her kitten from a distance meowed back in it's baby tone. They both took notice of each others sound and hopping came the little kitten to his mother. The mother lovingly caressed it and it lay in her cosy embrace. "How different is this mother from me?", I wondered. My kids came from school, just like the kitten, rushing to me and hugging tightly, sharing how their day went. Be it an animal or human, the mother instincts remain the same.

When a mother is emotionally connected to her child, the child also feels safe and shares his/her inhibitions, insecurities or doubts that are lingering in their minds. They are sure that their troubles will diminish by talking and venting out. They feel assured to share their secrets, without getting judged.

Finding solutions to their problems by making them understand things, getting down to their level, explaining, all that and more, I assume, comes naturally to a mother. There's no training that God conducts and sends a mother to this planet. We moms, develop it with our experiences, situations we are in and from sharing knowledge and concerns with friends, family. And nowadays social platforms also help alot to make motherhood simpler and aid the struggling mother to adapt.

Love, faith and trust binds any relationship. And love between the mother and child is unique in it's way. At first it's mostly one way as the baby isn't aware enough to reciprocate. But later it's synergistic. It's never a give and take, no barter here, but is a collaboration that works on it's own. There's no coercion of any sort.

The symbiosis is so beautiful and angelic that it can't be compared to anything else.

When I say, mother is a very emotional being, at the same time she can be as strong as a rock, for her kid's sake. She will be worried about her kids but she will be always hopeful. At times, she shows impatience yet, she handles it patiently. She feels inundated many a times, but she never quits or gives up. The chaos around, disturbs her but she's still as wonderful self of her as she can be. She is a storyteller, weaves all the morals, affection, ideas into one. She is a teacher who shows her strict side when needed. She gives birth, changes life, in the process reborns, plays different roles, however,  she anchors herself securely and being durable.

It's not an easy job, 24/7 being on your toes. But we mothers try our best to excel. Sometimes we hide our emotions and other times they just flow involuntarily. This sea of emotions has no shores, may be a horizon you could see but unfeasible to reach!

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: 'You may contain your emotions as a woman, but when it comes to your child, you cannot do so as a mother' ~ JUI.

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