The way it is

I don't believe any connection is deeper or more unconditional than that of mother and child.  It doesn't matter if they are 27 and new, or 65 and 37.  The dynamics never change for the mother. She is fiercely protective and forever finding the good-hearted baby she held in her arms.

It becomes more complicated when the mother and child are two adults. The nurturing of a child requires allowing them to become independent and that independence becomes the pivotal point of all future conversations, because a mother knows everything when you are five, but when you are both adults that security ends.

Still, no matter what else is going on, the love never wains.