Been catching up on a few glimpses of the trailers on "Singapore Mothers" on Channel U. I guess this was featured in salutation to the Great Mothers of Singapore..just as we salute to our Nation on 9 Aug 2008. Now I finally know why a nation is always referred to as a "SHE".
The programme zoomed in on mothers who went against all odds for the best of their children. No matter how difficult times may get, they never give up. Nonsense I thought..there must have been times when they all felt like ending it all or giving it up..we are after all just humans.
The undying love and sacrifices a mother can give to her child is definitely more than we can think of. From as small as losing sleep over the child to giving up her own life in exchange for a baby to be born..what kind of love can be greater than that?
Of course, we have often heard of lovers killing themselves (or each other) like in the recent case of the Chinese man who wanted to commit suicide along with his Vietnamese lover in tow..but ended up dead himself. But these are, at least to me, more lust than love.
The love we want to see is the compassion of giving and the generosity of letting go. How many of us can do that? I don't know.
As we grouse about inflations, rising petrol prices and expensive housing, I really wonder if all these could really bring joy as compared to spending a few hours each day marvelling about the wonders our little ones have learnt and displayed..this may seem a torture to some but it never fails to bring a smile upon my face..especially when Megan "accidentally" stuck a panda sticker on Kaden's back...
