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Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand

mother teresa

sophia loren once said that when you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. a mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. my pretty mystery turned 6 this june and it made me think how everything she said was true.

wind back to june 2003. american hospital dubai delivery room. apprehensive and raring to go, i gave birth to msty unperturbedly as the temperature in dubai screams to almost 50 degrees. full of love and amazed, by lunchtime i was staring at a creature that is a splitting image of - surprise!! - me! at that moment, all my reservations and heartaches just vanished. just then, i saw butterflies and the wonderful scent of her hand eased me up. i became so lost in that moment and forgot that there are people in the room waiting for me to hand them over my newborn for a more thorough check and clean. i looked at her straight in the eye and kissed her head as the nurse took her from me.

i’ve learned how to be magnanimous and sensible when i had my three girls. no one in my family would’ve thought that their little baby (moi) would one day be domesticated. never would i have imagined myself in a more glorified sacred function as a mother. being one, however, is the best job anyone could ever have!