Horcruxes!

When Voldemort made horcruxes, I was wondering how JK Rowling got the idea! After becoming a mother, I can relate so well to it.

Whenever someone is sick in the family, the mother’s soul is attached to that person. If it’s a sick child or the spouse is sick, she gets affected mentally. Sitting next to the sick child all night, crying sometimes and silently watching over her spouse and crying silently, the mother loses her peace completely! A part of her gets attached to the spouse and the kids and an incomplete part to herself! That is why she feels so restless if anyone special to her is not well.

If there’s no leave and the spouse has to go to work, she is more worried! She cannot call and ask if he’s fine, she cannot send an email only to get back the same reply, “I’m busy”!

Managing the sick child is another herculean task! The child will throw all sort of tantrums, I won’t eat this, I don’t want to drink this, etc. etc. She has to find a strategy to overcome this and by the time the kid is fed and put to sleep, she feels like hitting the bed without eating, but to only get reminded the chores is waiting! All she needs is some peaceful sleep which she would get only after the child is back to routine! Till such time, her prayers would be more fervent and she would be so volatile! Two kids unwell at the same time or you know for sure the other child is going to be affected very soon, you would get restless every moment!

All the external peace, her workplace and other accomplishments make no meaning to her if her inner peace, the family is disturbed!