94. Umbilicus – a tie that binds

In the editorial meeting today, I was completely absorbed when our guest, Padma Srinath spoke of the cord that binds the mother to the child. That cord may have been cut during the birth of the child but it is like an invisible tie that binds the mother to her baby, no matter what happens. This brought me to a realization of how my mind would always go back to my child. No matter what I am doing or where I am at, thoughts of my baby would always come up. When Padma spoke of the dreaded time when mothers leave their child at school for the first time, I could not help but reminisce my daughter’s first day in kindergarten. I had to rush to the car and there I started crying. Wonder how it would be when she decides to go to a college somewhere else, away from her dad and me. Thus the joke we like to share at home, my hubby and I would go wherever our daughter go for college...and yes, we might as well finish our seemingly ‘elusive’ phDs.