Happy Birthday Mommy

Today is Mommy's Birthday. Before I could call her up to wish her, I received her call. With the telephone signal problems in Bhutan, she assumed that I had been trying & not getting through. Truth is that I was waiting to finish up my morning chores before giving her a call. Only moms can be so accommodating. :)

Since all 3 of us kids are away, it's going to be just another day for mom & dad today. Wish we were there to make her day special for her.

My parents have an empty nest & they don't regret it a bit coz all their kids are well settled & doing well in their lives. They would have it no other way. In stark contrast I see my in-laws , especially MIL, who cannot imagine how mothers can live without their kids. When my BIL wanted to go outside the city for an MBA, she started crying days in advance. It's another story that he ultimately did not go. No, I am not pitting my mom against my MIL. It's just the difference in mentality between a service-class & business-class family. In the latter case, it is automatically assumed that the family will live together since there is a joint business. So parents become more dependent on their kids and cannot think of living alone. In a service class family, parents are mentally prepared to let the kids go where ever their jobs take them. I want to be a mother who is able to give her child wings to fly to fulfil his dreams, just like my mom did with us.

Happy Birthday Mommy. You are without a doubt my best & closest friend & my rock of support.