Mommy dearest

Spent some time with my mother - She had an appointment with a client today. I wanted to do my hair, so she brought me to her stylist at Kimage. I had a cut and some colour added to my hair.

Mothers are one of a kind aren't they. Even at this age of 22, she would still spread her wings to shroud me like a protective hen: Making sure that I drink enough water, checking to see if I'm coming home for dinner, ensuring that I get enough sleep..

Mothers know their children best. They'll know when you're hiding something from them, or when you need help. More often are they the ones that initiate to help you when you're down - Even when you don't ask for it.

I can hear my mom preparing a glass of iced water for me. Appreciated.

Ever wondered how they came up with those old wives tales?

• Don't point directly at the moon or the moon will cut your ear.
• If you're naughty, I'll sell you to the karanguni man.
• Cry some more? Later I tell the Baboo Singh to catch you.
• Finish all the food on your plate or your future wife/husband will have pimples all over his face.

The irony, my mother is a beautician, or aesthetician to be exact. If all those were true, I'll probably be without ears, married to a sikh whom is full of acne. What on earth did the karanguni man and the Baboo Singh ever do to instigate our mothers to scare us like that. Where do they get all these to frighten their children? Is there some "Mother's Convention" that they all go to before actually becoming mothers?

It always puzzles me that ever mother seems to have used one or more of these phrases at one point of time or another. Maybe it's just our culture. Well, I'm glad for it.