The first and unforgettable love

These days I was going over my facebook and I noticed how many pictures of mother and daughters/son were posted. No wonder! We were celebrating mother's day. I couldn't help to think how important our mother is or has been for our life. Therefore, she is our first and unforgettable Love.

You may think that this is obvious, but the truth is that to arrive  to that conclusion, some of us had to go through almost half of our lives to realize this. When I was a child, I knew that she was the greatest love of all, but as I entered the adolescence I couldn't feel the same way. I was uncomfortable around her, and everything else, friends, dating, etc., seems more important than her.

As the years passed, I grew old and she did too. Suddenly, one day I saw her walking with difficulties, her back was curved, her hair was gray, and her movement were slow as if she was afraid to fall down. At this exact moment, I realized that she was old and that she wouldn't live for ever ( I wouldn't too). In the face of this reality that one day I would loose her, I told my self that I would take care of her until the end of her life ( or my life). I could feel grateful and blessed that she was my mother.

Love dresses in so many different ways. In this case is the love between a son/daughter and her/his mother, the first and unforgettable love of our life. Hopefully we may discover this sooner that later, or at least before we say goodbye.