I have poured well over 5000 glasses of water for my kids. Of those glasses, I have cleaned up at least 1,000 messes. I have worked on 10 science projects and had at least 300 doctor visits. I have packed 1,000 school lunches. I have driven in the car for two hours straight, all while staying within a 2 mile radius, having never actually stepped foot out of my car.
I have run covert operations to check my kids’ electronic devices. I have fallen asleep in my kids’ beds more than I fall asleep in my own.
I have done all of these things, but can’t claim that I am that special. I look around and know that all moms are doing exactly what I am doing. Whether we work outside of the home, or in, we are in this together.
The reality is that moms are like no other species. We can multi-task. We can comfort. We can find solutions. We cry when they cry, but they never know. We smile every time we talk about our kids. We can fix their cuts with band-aids and their hurt feelings with a trip to Freeziac. We are psychic and can use our crystal balls to try to make everything all right, but know that we need to teach them how to do that on their own as well.
Moms are special.
We get to do special and amazing things. We get to enjoy our families every day, laugh every day, love every day. So on this Mother’s Day, when my kids bring me breakfast in bed, I will read my beautiful cards, I will eat my "MOM" shaped pancakes and drink my Diet Coke. I will smile wide because I know tomorrow I get to pour them another glass of water.
Moms, our cups runneth over.
Happy Mother's Day
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