whᴇʀᴇ tᴏ fɪnd thᴇ "ᴏ ᴍᴏthᴇʀ" gᴇstuʀᴇ: a ʀᴇᴠɪᴇw ᴏf ɪts cultuʀal sɪgnɪfɪcancᴇ
whᴇʀᴇ tᴏ usᴇ ᴏ ᴍᴏthᴇʀ gᴇstuʀᴇ’s dᴇᴇpᴇʀ sᴏcɪal ᴍᴇanɪng ɪn tɪᴍᴇs ᴏf ᴊᴏʏ, sᴏʀʀᴏw, and awᴇ, thᴇ “ᴏ ᴍᴏthᴇʀ” gᴇstuʀᴇ tʀanscᴇnds cultuʀᴇs, cᴏnnᴇctɪng hᴇaʀts. ɪt sʏᴍʙᴏlɪzᴇs a plᴇa fᴏʀ cᴏᴍfᴏʀt, an ᴇxpʀᴇssɪᴏn ᴏf pʀᴏfᴏund ᴇᴍᴏtɪᴏn. as a suʙtlᴇ hand gᴇstuʀᴇ, ɪt ɪnᴠɪtᴇs ᴇᴍpathʏ, fᴏstᴇʀɪng a sᴇnsᴇ ᴏf shaʀᴇd huᴍanɪtʏ and ᴏffᴇʀɪng sᴏlacᴇ ɪn ᴍᴏᴍᴇnts ᴏf ᴠulnᴇʀaʙɪlɪtʏ. hᴏw whᴇʀᴇ tᴏ usᴇ ᴏ ᴍᴏthᴇʀ gᴇstuʀᴇ changᴇs lɪᴠᴇs thᴇ “ᴏ ᴍᴏthᴇʀ” gᴇstuʀᴇ has thᴇ pᴏwᴇʀ tᴏ ʙʀɪdgᴇ dɪᴠɪdᴇs and cʀᴇatᴇ a pʀᴏfᴏund ɪᴍpact....
