Monday, May 10

Happy Mother’s Day Mom

by Karen Robert

I designed this card and sent it to my mother this year.

I chose this saying because, as I raise my 4 children I understand and appreciate my mother more and more every day. As they say, being a mom is the hardest job you’ll ever love. With motherhood comes fear, anxiety , angst, but more than anything, deep and profound love. And it’s the love that gets you through, because, God knows, why else would anyone put up with it? Mother Nature has a way of equipping us to actually enjoy all of the horrendous stuff. Think about it. Pregnancy is horrible. We get moody, depressed, fat, we can’t sleep and then, to top it all off, we give birth. We suffer horrible indignities through the process yet STILL most mothers will say that the day they gave birth to their first child was the best day of their lives. That smell of a baby’s head makes all the rest of it disappear. And then, crazily enough, most of us turn around and do it all over again. And again.

As we raise these little guys for the first 5 years we are on a never ending treadmill of changing diapers, doing laundry, wiping noses, picking up, cooking and cleaning. And don’t even start me on how little we sleep. But the trusting eyes of an infant and the tight hugs of a toddler are worth every second of work
For the next 10 years we help these kids learn to read, ride a bike, and cross the street. We teach them manners and help them navigate their way around cliques and bullies all with the idea of getting them independent and ready to take on the world. Finally, after all of that work, we are rewarded with rejection and ridicule from snidely teenagers. Yet, how does Mother Nature help us cope with this? We are bursting with pride that they are becoming independent and growing into young adults. Are we martyrs? slaves? idiots? No, we’re just typical mothers, strong enough to take it. How do we get that strength? From love. Crazy, blind, foolish, adoring love. Mother Nature has it all figured out. That’s why it’s called MOTHER nature, she knows what she’s doing. And I, for one, thank God my mother loved me enough to put up with it all.

Thanks Mom. I get it…and I love you back.

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