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19/03/2006
When I was a mommy...
I believe that as our kids suck the life, energy, and finances out of us, we have to learn how to suck it out of them too! Believe it or not, I think all mothers do this…we thrive and survive on the joy that they give us, the smile that they can bring to our faces and the love that makes our hearts expand like an inflated balloon. No one can truly explain to you how a mother feels like when they look into the sleeping faces of their kids unless they are a mother themselves.
When the worst hits us, we can turn our thoughts and focus on our children and they will stabilize our emotions (on top of driving us insane with their consistent littering, but we’ll learn how to adapt to that). On a stressed day, you look at how simple their lives are and how they grow and learn from their little-little experiences, you’ll feel like… “Hey, what’s there to gripe about? I’ve got the best thing in the world with me…their butterfly kisses are all I need”
Well, I wasn’t feeling too uppity these past few days because it’s school holidays and when it’s this time of the year, I feel all stressed out because the kids are home ALL THE TIME and demanding my attention, want me to take them out, keep littering the house and can’t keep their gaps shut for one single second. They can’t make peace with each other and like to de-hair each other all the time! And I can’t find the time to work on my stuff.
But suddenly, one evening, Jared was singing on my swivel chair, dancing, and the chair (being a swivel chair) was about to tip over backwards. I screamed and grabbed him off the chair and chastised him for his foolishness.
He looked at me in earnest regret and said, “Sorry, mom. I promise not to hurt myself. Thank you for protecting me”.
Silence…..I was caught off guard as my mouth hung open. Jared is known for his comic relief but not his language-skills and communication skills. He’s 3+ for Crissakes!!
But here comes the clincher…..
He takes a deep breath and said, “When I was a mommy, I will protect you too. And when I was a mommy, I will take money and buy food for you; when I was a mommy, I will wash the plates in the kitchen and I will teach you how to do your homework. And when I was a mommy, I will kiss you before you go to sleep and I go work on the computer. When mommy was a kid, you can play and watch TV, ok?”
Oh boy…..he’s got my heart firmly in his hands. I hope that he will remember his words and keep his promise.
But yeah…it’s time like this that you thank God for giving you something back for those few hours spent in the labor room screaming at your husband. And it’s times like this that makes those hours of washing, cleaning, bathing, feeding, cooking, sweeping, picking and packing, ironing….all worth the time.
I swear to you my heart expanded to the size of a well-fed elephant when I grabbed him and gave him a big bear hug.
Jared, when you was a mommy, you’d better remember this friggin’ promise!
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I live to read these sort of story.
Thanks for making my day.
PS : Kids are truly amazing stuff..especially if they r urs.
cheers,
ngy
Posted by: ngy | 12/04/2006