Mother/Child Bond

There is a saying that a mother is as happy as her saddest child, which means that a mother is impacted by her child’s pain. That is so true. When my son was younger, I would panic whenever I was informed by the daycare staff that my son was not feeling well. A mother can feel her child’s pain when she hears her child cry. When a child becomes an adults, a mother can sense something is wrong by the tone of the child’s voice. It is almost like an alarm goes off inside of your heart when something is not right with your child. For instance, this happens when your child is struggling with a mental illness, incarcerated, addicted to drugs or alcohol, loses a job, involved in a car accident, diagnosed with a terminal illness, etc. Unfortunately, a mother who has lost a child can never silence that alarm in her heart. For that reason, we have to continue to love, support, and pray for each other.

We should never take the ability to feel our children’s pain for granted. In fact, we should immediately start praying for strength for our children and ourselves whenever that alarm goes off in our hearts. And we should consider this unique connection that we have with our children as a gift that keeps us bonded to them forever.