A mother’s kisses.
We have a chook in the backyard. Most times she is nice and docile, if the necessary measures have been taken. Those measures include giving her food when you enter the backyard. It is her domain and food is the price of entry that she demands. Now Husband for a long time has been skeptical of my fear of the chook when unfed and so with Wrigglebot in tow entered the backyard without food.
A moment later I heard, ‘Mama, Mama, Mama’ and ‘Chelle, do you have some scraps for the chook?.’ I got the food and went outside. Wrigglebot was crying, ‘Mama’ he said holding out his finger, ‘Chook’ and then he made a biting gesture to his finger amidst his sobs. From this I deduced that the chook had pecked his finger. And so I kissed it better and then I asked him whether it was better and he said, ‘Better’.
I guess I never fully realised all of the superpowers you were endowed with after you became a mother. The kisses that heal every childhood hurt is one such power. But remember, with great power comes great responsibility. The responsibility being a lifetime of giving out those healing kisses which only a mother can give.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
I don’t know about a ‘lifetime’ of ‘healing kisses’; can’t see any of my grown up kids lining up! If only all life’s problems can be solved with something so simple and quick!
I’m sure you can, however, create a relationship with your children that enables them to feel comfortable to come to you at any time in their lifetime, should there be a worry that they need to offload – but it needs to start early, so talk lots and never think things your kids say is unimportant because if they are telling you, it is important to them. Hindsight is a great thing; I can’t change what I did or didn’t do but hopefully I can come up with some helpful comments once in a while!