I think it's not by chance, but by the
law of universal energy, that all countries celebrate international family
holidays two months in a row: Mother's Day in early May, Father's Day in
mid-June and, very symbolically, Children's Day (June 1) between these two
dates. Thinking about this, I recently
noticed the acrostic FAMILY: Father And Mother I Love You (an acrostic is a
poem in which the initial letters of the lines form a new word or phrase). And
I thought that there was a reason why this word had been invented. According to
my observations over the years, children love both their parents equally,
mostly in emotionally and morally (rather than financially) well-to-do families
- where there is a happy atmosphere and real unity of all family members, especially
between the parents . In families where the two main conditions of happiness
are absent - love and mutual support, where parents argue in front of their
children, children often, consciously or unconsciously, give preference to one
of them. Recently there are more and more young families where fathers
take more responsibility of the home and raising the children than in our
distant past. It is so pleasant for me to currently see more fathers than
mothers or grandmothers playing with kids on the playground. Not to mention the
feelings I have for the wonderful dads who are successfully raising and
teaching their children at home. Psychologists are correct when saying that the
best thing a father can give his children is to sincerely love and protect
their mother from all adversity. I would like to share with you the poem that
perfectly describes these truths.
"What would happen if suddenly women disappear?
Asked the little boy to his father before
bed
-"There will be cracks in the soul
and in the heart.
My son, the house will be empty and cold.
All of mother's orchids will wither.
All flowers in the world will wither.
All deeds will be forgotten,
All women's caprices and dreams.
Life will lose its colors in an instant
And every day will just be gray.
There will be no mother's gentle caress
And no sister's ponytail.
And the delicious smell of granny
pancakes
Won't be waiting for us at the gate.
They worry if we are healthy?
And if we went to sleep full?
All grandmothers are like that, what can
we do?
And they'll kiss us three times at the
door
And pray for their children All their lives...
Only women have that strength...
They can love us more than life itself!
Stand by their men all their life’s
To be a faithful friend, a right hand.
Yet,
all they need so little:
Love, family, wealth and peace.
It's as if someone is ripping out your
heart, you know?
And the pain will come pouring out of
wounds and cracks!
It's so scary, you can't imagine!
Life will stop being life without
women!"
My son couldn't sleep, he pondered.
He remembered his sister's ponytail
And the warmth of granny's praise.
And his mother's kisses every day.
And how she lets the sun in the window:
"Hey, sleepyhead, good morning!" –
And even if she punishes me a little sometimes
Together we are a happy family anyway
He sneaked up on my sleeping mother,
"Thank you for breathing in this
world!
You love us, darling, and you care about us!
Mom, don't you ever disappear, you hear me?!
Dad and I don't need any cracks or wounds,
and who'll take us to the doctor?"
What if women suddenly disappear? –
I don't even want to think about it!
Editor-in-chief Doctor Zoya Maksumova
(June 2021, "Ladies’ World №240)
