Danny ChaiI’ve turned into a straight-up wuss. There’s no denying it, and there’s no other way to put it. Wuss.
We were watching snippets of Forrest Gump the other day and when it got to the part where Forrest’s mom dies, I was bawling like Abby with a bad diaper rash. Even Jieun was surprised. Thing is, I distinctly remember watching this scene in the theaters, where Forrest is telling the old woman on the bench and she’s kleenexing her eyes, and I thought that was not true to life. I mean, it was sad and all, but who would actually cry when hearing it? Wuss, I tell you.
The reason I was moved though was it just made me think about the strength of a mother’s love. It amazes me that every time Jieun interacts with Abby, no matter how tired she is or how cranky Abby is being, she speaks to her with love. I mean, I try and do that also, but she’s not sucking at my nipples every 3 hours so it’s a lot easier for me. There’s just no love quite as strong as a mother’s love. And that made me cry.
So I have to say I’m a big supporter of Mother’s Day. Father’s day, whatever, that’s just a greeting card company invention that I’m mildly against. But Mother’s Day, 100% on board. It’s crazy how much they love and how much they do. Nowadays, I literally want to go to every mother I know and give them a standing ovation. Go moms.