Whether your Mother's Day is about celebration, relaxation or reflection, know that being a mom is the most rewarding, challenging, emotional and sometimes, thankless job there is. You need the patience of Jobe; the wisdom of Solomon and the endurance of an Olympic athlete; and even with all that, they will grow and mature at their own pace, of which you have no control over.
From the childhood years, trying to balance hoovering over them with letting them explore on their own; to the teenage years when they morph into someone or something that is no longer your loving child; to when they begin to navigate on their own as an adult, when you need to remember that you too learned from your mistakes, and that you have to let them do the same.
Being a mom means doing things that sometimes don't make sense, that you don't understand or even like. But you do it to be supportive, helpful and loving. It means sacrificing what you want for the sake of your child; it means remembering what it was like when you were 12 or 16 or 25; it means putting your own agenda aside when it comes to helping them with their future; it is a love deeper than any other, and no matter what happens, the love remains.
To all who have lost their mom's, take a moment to go back to a memory that made your mom smile and stay there long enough to feel it again; to all those young moms who feel overwhelmed, under appreciated and just plain tired, let go of responsibilities, if even for just a minute, and remember how it felt when they were first placed in your arms; to all those moms-to-be, enjoy the time you have now, because EVERYTHING is about to change! You will never again look at the world the same way, but it will change you for the better, promise...
Happy Mother's Day!
