Does mothers love slowly diminish as the child grows up becoming more and more self reliant and independent?

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Does mothers love slowly diminish as the child grows up becoming more and more self reliant and independent?

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Morning Small brbrAs a mother of four, now grown adults, I can only answer for myself though Id like to believe that it works the same for all, ya know?brNo, not diminish, but change.brFrom the time they are born, helpless, you nurture and foster their growth, both physically and intellectually. By the time they are adults, you still have so many things left to teach them, so many years spent learning lifes lessons...yet, they are now grown, self reliant and independent? No, not really, truly, ever free of the need for approval, advice, approbation of their parents, most particularly from their mother!brIn that time, having lived through your worst fears, your most frightening nightmares, and come to grips with the loss of the precious baby you bore, love doesnt diminish, it evolves poor choice of words there into something wholly different, yet the same. You begin to see your child as an adult, and that pain of loss is also the pleasure of accomplishment. You begin to trust that the lessons you taught were actually learned, and have pride in the adult you see standing before you. You fight yourself to keep from hugging and kissing away the hurts they suffer, you battle yourself to not wrap them back in the caul of childhood, you spend sleepless nights wondering if they are well, happy, thriving, just because you arent the one that is responsible for that anymore. You cry over their sorrow, and rejoice over their joy.brOh, what a fool was the person who ever said motherhood ends when the child is grown!