July Editorial
Not your typical Mommy...
I am well aware that it is past Mother's Day. This editorial is to observe in the most healthy and comedic way possible, the dynamic that exists with young adults and their mothers.
When we are small...mothers are there for every nurturing necessity that we have. Whether it's carrying us when we're tired, feeding us when we're hungry, or kissing our boo-boos and making them better, Moms always know what to do; even if they don't. The human instinct seems to get even some of the more clueless moms through life.
While mothers are the nurturers for growing children, they also have some of the most morbid fears in the world. Fears of children running aimlessly with scissors and then falling on them...fears of little boys playing with BB guns and shooting their eyes out from ricochets...things that I have never actually heard of anyone being treated for at the emergency room. If you were injured like this, how would you explain it to your mother?
Then, we grow. It seems that the motherly instinct never dies, but becomes more annoying to young adults. A close friend of mine has a mother that still dotes on him as if he were 10 years old. While it seems nice that she still does his laundry, she has a tendency to shrink all of his expensive shirts.
Additionally, he is forced to sneak out of his room to make a sandwich, because if she hears him she will proceed to cook him a 3 course meal at 2 in the morning.
In most cultures, the children are cared for by the parents when they are young, and then they care for their parents in their old age. Some mother/child bonds weaken over the years, and do not mean the same thing they did years before. It is an unfortunate thing to happen.
In my life as well as others, this seems to be the case. However, those memories of being endlessly snuggled, tickled, cared for, and given copious amounts of chocolate chip cookies, will always remain in me. Hopefully they will in you as well.
Cheers,
Benjamin S. Brechtel, Editor
Hawaii Wine Lover