As a young girl I was not the least bit interested in having children, to be honest, my sister and I were going to California to open a boutique and become "Movie Stars!" I used to ask myself why would my mom want to have 7 children. She had 5 of her own children plus my brother and myself. What the heck could she be thinking? How could my mom achieve her dreams and be a mother at the same time! Not sure how she did but she has amazed me throughout the years!
There is something so sensational about my mom. She is strong, she is beautiful, she is a survivor! My mother is quite the "LADY," very different from me! I watched her through the years dealing with my brothers and sisters. When will she have the life she wanted and dreamt about when she was a little girl? There was no way I was going to follow in her footsteps! "I am never getting married and definitely not having children!"
She was a busy lady with seven kids. She worked full-time, she put herself through college via mail, she coached cheer-leading and kept score for my dad's baseball team. To me my mom was and is the most amazing woman I had ever met and the best part she loved me, she was "MY MOM" and she picked me!
Then it happened to me, I finally understood, I gave birth to my first son, John in February, 1983. He was soooo beautiful, he was my flesh and blood, he was my own child, the child I swore I would never have, next it was Bob, November 1985, I fell in love all over again. Something has changed inside of me forever, it was motherhood! I became a better person, truly an unselfish person. I enjoyed it, I loved it, it defined me, know I finally know my purpose!
Life changed dramatically in the 90's I became a single mother, on top of that I literally received a gift on my doorstep, my son Ryan, almost 14, it was as if he was a gift from above. It was my chance to do something good in this world to really make a difference. My mom taught me that! She did it for me!
Motherhood is a real job, there is no salary or job as rewarding!
This post is not about me or my children but about the woman who taught me about love and nurturing. It's about a woman who spent month's accumulating enough T-Bone Steaks so the entire family could enjoy it together, the woman responsible for 7 kids's well-being and happiness and still had the ability to stay happily married. It's about the woman who waited patiently for her hopes and dreams. Then one day, I understood it, motherhood is and was her hopes and dreams.
So Mom, I just wanted to say....I love you...I am proud to be your daughter....I used to think the best parts of me came from dad....I have since learned I was wrong! Thank you mom in all you sacrificed but most of all Happy Mother's Day.....you earned it! Oh, and Daddy, if you are reading this, Happy Mutha's Day to you too! I love you both!
"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." ~Rajneesh
Midori, Great post! You truly have a great mom! and Because of this, you are one too. Happy Mother's Day! May you enjoy a great day full of fun memories and laughs. Have a great day! ;)