mum

A beep around 7 in the morning on Sunday and I received my first text of the day. It was a special text message—a beautiful bunch of flowers. Wow! what a lovely surprise to start the day with I thought. But the text below mentioned— " its not for u :( its for the one who gave me such a sweet friend. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! :)

Yes it was mother's day, an occasion celebrated all over the world.So there was a small celebration at my place  too. Nothing unusual, just like a regular family gathering. But this time four generations were together celebrating the occasion thus making it more special!!

I feel that the kind of role a mother plays in a child's life makes every day a mother's day. I really can't think of any single day or moment when she wasn't there.Why is it so? Why is there a special bond between a child and a mother.Its not only the special day that reminds us of her sacrifices and love  but our day to day events revolve around her.

Today at work, a very interesting discussion took place that literally forced me to write this  for all the 'supermoms'.Every mom has a special aroma,  a fragrance from which you can make out its ma. I don't know whether it gets permanently stored in a child's memory and stays there till his last breath. I studied development of senses in kids and read that a new born recognizes his mum through the sense of smell. May be its the same  fragrance of our mother that remains fresh in our minds forever.One of my friend's sisters still has her Biji's clothes with her. Biji is not there but she feels her presence from the fragrance in her clothes. She says "kapdon mein se biji ki khushboo ati hai".

'Mum's khushboo is there in everything exclaimed a guy! food, ghar, clothes she wears, everything and interestingly every ma is same. Every ma would stop you from smoking, driving fast and anything that you feel is not crazy. Why so? And yes an interesting question "do all mums use the same spray or what ? They all have the same fragrance.  Probably there are certain characteristics or  properties of a ma- she is caring, she cooks good food, she loves kids, she is kind, gentle and a defender at times—may be thats the magic spray!

Now I realize that the beautiful bunch in the text depicted a mother's fragrance— the aroma of her love,care and affection for all the children!