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There is a Jewish proverb: "God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.” It does not mean that God made mothers because He did not have the ability to be omnipresent, but it means that mother's love for her children is so infinite that she can exert her superhuman power for her children like God.<br> | There is a Jewish proverb: "God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.” It does not mean that God made mothers because He did not have the ability to be omnipresent, but it means that mother's love for her children is so infinite that she can exert her superhuman power for her children like God.<br> | ||
In ''[https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheStoryOfAMother_e.html The Story of a Mother]'' by Hans Christian [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hans-Christian-Andersen-Danish-author Andersen], the mother sheds blood after accepting the thorn-bush’s request of embracing it in order to find her lost son. She also exchanges her fine hair for the old woman’s gray hair. She even gives her eyes to the god of a lake. No one would think that a mother’s love was exaggerated in this story. It is because everyone agrees that a mother lavishes her love upon her children.<br> | In ''[https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheStoryOfAMother_e.html The Story of a Mother]'' by Hans Christian [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hans-Christian-Andersen-Danish-author Andersen], the mother sheds blood after accepting the thorn-bush’s request of embracing it in order to find her lost son. She also exchanges her fine hair for the old woman’s gray hair. She even gives her eyes to the god of a lake. No one would think that a mother’s love was exaggerated in this story. It is because everyone agrees that a mother lavishes her love upon her children.<br> | ||
Mothers only care about their children even in extreme situations. It is true across the ages and in all countries of the world. When a magnitude-7.0 earthquake occurred in central Armenia in December 1988,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2017/12/7/the-forgotten-survivors-of-the-gyumri-earthquake |title=The forgotten survivors of the Gyumri earthquake |website=Al jazeera |publisher= |date=December 7, 2017 |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> a mother named Susanna Petrosyan was trapped in the collapsed building with her four-year-old daughter. Susanna pierced her finger with a piece of glass and gave her blood to her thirsty daughter. The young daughter could endure the cold and hunger thanks to her mother’s love, and they both were rescued dramatically. Susanna said in an interview, “I thought I was going to die, but I wanted my daughter to survive.”<ref> | Mothers only care about their children even in extreme situations. It is true across the ages and in all countries of the world. When a magnitude-7.0 earthquake occurred in central Armenia in December 1988,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2017/12/7/the-forgotten-survivors-of-the-gyumri-earthquake |title=The forgotten survivors of the Gyumri earthquake |website=Al jazeera |publisher= |date=December 7, 2017 |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> a mother named Susanna Petrosyan was trapped in the collapsed building with her four-year-old daughter. Susanna pierced her finger with a piece of glass and gave her blood to her thirsty daughter. The young daughter could endure the cold and hunger thanks to her mother’s love, and they both were rescued dramatically. Susanna said in an interview, “I thought I was going to die, but I wanted my daughter to survive.”<ref>[https://www.deseret.com/1988/12/29/18789538/survivors-armenian-mother-recounts-sacrifices-to-save-her-child/ SURVIVORS: ARMENIAN MOTHER RECOUNTS SACRIFICES TO SAVE HER CHILD], ''Desert News'', December 29, 1988</ref> | ||
In the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, China,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Sichuan-earthquake-of-2008 |title=Sichuan earthquake of 2008 China |website=Britannica |publisher=|date= |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= }}</ref> a mother was found in a pile of soil, tightly embracing her child.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.china.org.cn/china/wenchuan_earthquake/2008-05/18/content_15303108.htm |title=Power of their mothers' love |website=China Daily |publisher= |date=May 18, 2008 |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> When a fire started in an apartment in South Korea, a mother blocked the fire with her whole body to death to save her five-year-old son.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0103_201501242056573472 |title=Mother Goes to Heaven after Saving Her Son from Fire |website=YTN |publisher=|date=January 24, 2015 |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> In general, people instinctively protect themselves first when they encounter danger. However, mothers put their children's safety before theirs. Even after giving birth to their children, mothers do not spare their one and only life for their children. The greatest love that humans have is mother’s love for her children. | In the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, China,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Sichuan-earthquake-of-2008 |title=Sichuan earthquake of 2008 China |website=Britannica |publisher=|date= |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= }}</ref> a mother was found in a pile of soil, tightly embracing her child.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.china.org.cn/china/wenchuan_earthquake/2008-05/18/content_15303108.htm |title=Power of their mothers' love |website=China Daily |publisher= |date=May 18, 2008 |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> When a fire started in an apartment in South Korea, a mother blocked the fire with her whole body to death to save her five-year-old son.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0103_201501242056573472 |title=Mother Goes to Heaven after Saving Her Son from Fire |website=YTN |publisher=|date=January 24, 2015 |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> In general, people instinctively protect themselves first when they encounter danger. However, mothers put their children's safety before theirs. Even after giving birth to their children, mothers do not spare their one and only life for their children. The greatest love that humans have is mother’s love for her children. | ||