One night last week before bed, Tee held my hands and looked into my eyes sincerely,

“Mom? I am extremely glad that God chose you to be my Mom….”

…..then she hugged me and kissed me good night. Tears of utter joy welled up in my eyes and Tee wiped them off with her little fingers. My heart, oh my heart…..it was fluttering with sweet pastel butterflies, I kid you not.

As a first time Mom for 4.5 years, it is moments like this that make me feel so……so…….I don’t know. So…..I guess I feel that somewhere along the line, that my parenting skills are not so bad after all. I must have done something right.

SOMETHING!!!

Despite being the Mom who doesn’t pay her attention all the time, and let’s face it, which Stay-At-Home-Mom without any help has the energy to constantly give their kids even 10,20,30,40, 50% of their time, I have managed to bring Tee up thus far as an all-rounded, happy girl who is pretty normal around her peers. And for all you Moms who have done just that, give yourself a pat on the back.

It takes A LOT to be a Mom.

10 percent of it is cleaning, laundry, dishes, food to sort, food to cook, organising, bills, online income earning, driving around, entertaining a kid with some quality time, answering millions of questions everyday, what about all the emotional work involved (which is another 20 percent)…….there isn’t even enough time for the Hubs, let alone friends and family. What about yourselves? Me time? We’re almost always at the bottom of the priority list and lucky you, if you’re not. It’s exhausting to say the least. And I mean, drop dead exhausting.

But what can we do? We ARE Moms. And it is just something we HAVE to do. Just get on with it. And along the way, try to instill as much passion as we can into the job. I know Moms who shy away from the job and pass it along to someone else. And then, there are Moms who are born without any maternal instincts, which is all well and fine too. I mean, what do you do if you just don’t have it within you? You can’t just turn a switch on and suddenly be all comforting and loving when it is really not in your genetic make up. There are selfish Moms and insecure Moms, over-bearing Moms and pressurizing Moms, crazy Moms and lazy Moms…….I’m not sure where I fit in. Probably a bit of everything but whatever the case, my daughter has displayed some appreciation.

And for that, I passed Tee’s message along to my own Mom via sms, despite how imperfect she was (I say ‘was’ because she is now an almost perfect Mom) as somewhere along the line, she had also done something right. For I wouldn’t be here now nor be the person I am today. She did not respond but that’s OK because I am so sure that a chord would have been struck. She tells me all the time what a fantastic Mom I am and for your own Mom to tell you that, that’s saying something.

So for those of you reading this, think about your own Moms and send them a gratitude prayer today. What about the time when Mom kept quiet after warning you against doing something that you were hell bent on doing only to discover she was right all along? What about the time she purposely made life emotionally hell for you because she knew that she was dying and needed you to be tough? What about the days she went without food or water or whatever else, just so you could have it? Sometimes, you don’t even know these things because she keeps it away from you. Why would she want to worry her children with unnecessary details? What about the years she spent holding on to your father who abused her just so you could have a chance in a better life?

Forgive your Mom for everything and realise that if you cannot find something that they’ve done right in raising you, you’re probably just not looking hard enough.

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