Wednesday, April 13, 2011

A Mother's Love

I was watching National Geographic, or some such channel, and a riveting segment came on.  There was a mother grizzly bear with several cubs eating a caribou she had killed.   A larger male grizzly approached to steal the food.  The mother bear never hesitated.  She went on the attack.  What an inspirational testament to a mother's willingness to sacrifice herself to protect her young. I was simultaneously impressed by her selflessness and astonished at her stupidity.  He was really big and she could have other cubs, right?

It reminded me of a nearly identical experience in my own life testing my own motherly instinct. 

We were at the Haunted Fairgrounds.  Cullen was probably three or four years old.   We started through the haunting and Cullen wanted me to carry him because he was very scared.  Cullen was a really big three/four year-old but I was a good mother so I didn't complain.   Then the psycho chainsaw killer came after us.  Cullen suddenly became very heavy.  He was slowing me down. 

There was no way I could save us both from the pretend maniac chasing us.  I did what any mother would do in the same circumstances.  I dropped my baby like a rock and took off.  I am pretty sure if the fake killer had been closer, I would have thrown Cullen at him to make my escape.  Perhaps not my finest hour. 

The mother grizzly won by the way.  She and I both lived to fight, or not, another day.
 






 

1 comment:

  1. Understandable and you are incredibly funny. Love, love, love reading your blog.

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