Kung Fu Panda Teaches About Mother's Love

Dear Natalia,

Tonight we did a family movie night with some pizza and watched the cartoon 'Kung Fu Panda II'. We haven't watched it for a while, quite a few months actually.

Well, as you remember the story, the whole movie is basically talking about the main character 'Po' and where he actually comes from. His panda village was raided and burned down, as we find out later in the movie. It shows in one section when Po is flashing back and in his vision he sees his mother running through the snow, holding him as a baby, running from wolves that are trying to catch them.

Then his mom sees some food baskets, runs down a hill, and puts her baby in a radish basket. It shows the baby's face, not wanting his mother to leave, and his mother tearing up and her heartache at leaving her baby behind. She puts him in the basket, consoles him for a moment, then when she hears the wolves she runs back up the hill and gives her life to veer the pursuers away from her baby.

It was VERY emotional for me to watch! Then it got more emotional when you turned to me, with HUGE crocodile tears in your eyes you said, "Oh no! No, no! The mom can't leave her baby! No!". You then came to me, hugged me as tight as you could around my neck and sobbed. You were so sad to watch this whole story play out.

It took me some time to try and explain to you that the baby's mom didn't leave him, she saved him. She gave her life so he could live and be okay. She loved him so much, she was brave and courageous enough to do ANYTHING it took for the wolves never to find her baby.

Even at just three years old, your instincts and emotions were alive and very vivid inside of the relationship between a mom and baby. How amazing! My heart was just tearing inside when I placed myself, in my mind's eye, in that kind of situation of leaving my child in a food basket as the only hope to keep them alive. How many women throughout history have given everything for their children? Been beaten, bruised, molested, captured, tortured and killed... and they did it all for their babies. Even now writing this my eyes can't stop the tears. It makes me ever grateful to be writing this entry from a safe home, in a safe neighborhood and with my family that is healthy and strong.

The power of a mother's love is indescribable. I love you so much, you are strong, you are amazing, you are feminine, and the Lord put you here to be a woman... to be a mother. There is no greater gift.

And yes... I would and will do anything it takes to protect you from any 'wolves' that might try and get you. Even give my life.

I love you,

Your Mom