The first thing that a doctor
does when a baby is born is to sever the umbilical cord which connects it to
its mom for those months it is cocooned in her womb. It feeds it, nourishes it
and takes out the depleted blood from it to return with fresh oxygenated blood
and literally keeps it alive. Well, the event of birth ends the tenure of this
funiculus umbilicalis as it is called in biological terms.
But there is a far stronger
invisible umbilical cord which remains between mother and child long after they
have been biologically separated. I would like to call it the Mommy Bond! In
today’s world of virtual communities and internet forums, communication apps
like Whatsapp and Twitter have overshadowed other inter-personal mediums like
voice calls and physical meetings. They even come with a whole gamut of
explicit emoticons depicting certain emotions which you would have never pasted
on your face let alone use in an email or telephone call. In this scenario, it
is pretty interesting to note that there exists an acute sense of telepathic
perception between a mother and offspring (of any age, mind you!). She can do a
David Blaine on you and read your mind as if you have put up a display board on
your forehead with all your thoughts and emotions flashing on them. She is the
ultimate lie detector and can pick up on even little changes in your moods,
which ability would put even trained interrogators to shame! So don’t you dare try
and pull a fast one on her.
It is this Mommy bond which makes
her the primary “Go-To” person when we need anything to be accomplished from
the folks. The mother, more often than not, also acts as the intermediary
between the child and the father. You want something from papa, tell mama! She
will do the dirty work! I am in no manner demeaning the role the father plays,
but let us stick to Mommy in this write-up. Mommy is also the final line of
defence. She would put herself between you and a raging bull if it came to that
because her love for you is selfless, non-judgemental and beyond measure. She
may irritate you to no means whether it be about your messy bedroom, wrong girl
friend, open purse or your affinity for perpetual bachelor(spinster)hood. But
behind that action is a deep sense of concern and affection, the very essence
of the mommy bond. I guess this explains why the word Mother has even become
generic with simple everyday exclamations like for example “Mummyyyyy!!”or “Holy
Momma” or “Ammaa!”
Well, so next time you find
yourself with some free time, go and spend some time with Mommy or pick up the
phone and have a chat with her. I bet it will brighten her day as well as yours.
Next time she irritates you to no end, hold yourself back from reacting with
your own tantrums or feign indifference. You know what is worse? If there is
nobody at the other end of the Mommy bond!
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