It hi-lighted the many different feelings of a mother, thoughts, like :
"I'm just a pair of hands" to fix this, tie that, open something....
"I'm a clock, a guide, a car to order"...
"I'm a crystal ball" to answer "where's my sock? where's my phone? what's for dinner?"
"Though I'm sure these were once hands that held books, and these eyes once studied history, music, and literature, they are now buried in peanut butter..."
"I am just an invisible mother."
But then this quote : “You are building a great cathedral, even if you can't see right now what it will become."
This hit home because yes, quite often it can be so easy to feel caught up in the tornado of raising a family. To feel so tiny and diminished even though lives quite literally depend on your existence...most especially when you've spent the day scrubbing peanut butter and jelly out of the carpet, being screamed at by an over-tired toddler, wiping bums, and cleaning mountains of laundry that belong to 6 smaller people...
As a mother, there are many wonderful moments scattered throughout the days, but I guess they can often feel few and far between when compared to the magnanimity of the work load. But really it is so true that everything I do now is helping to grow the amazing, unique, beautiful beings who I have the privilege to raise.
I have been granted architectural rights to help design the 6 most important entities my eyes and heart will ever behold in this life. As their mother I have access to the visionary blueprints of just how amazing they can turn out. I am learning that they each came with the perfect building materials stamped into their personalities, and that it is up to me to help put those materials where they will offer the most strength, character, and beauty. Though it can be exhausting work, they deserve a strong foundation, and they deserve my attention to all their unique details.. I wish I could say I always place the pieces right the first time. Though it is an immense task, I am so grateful to be trusted with these beautiful humans.
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In President Obama's State of the Union speech he said that in South Korea teachers are called nation builders. I think that is a good way to describe moms.
Check this article out:
http://includes.iparenting.com/layout
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At the end she says "Compounding the built-in stress is the fact that the quiet accomplishments, and delights, of motherhood are invisible to the world around us, both for women who stay at home and those who work outside. And yet, we also know a secret, the secret of tomorrow. We know that these amazing creatures who at first seem little more than eating, sleeping and excreting machines, will one day be our surgeons, inventors, therapists, biologists and leaders and the people who will raise our grandchildren."
If that isn't an accomplishment I don't know what is.
"eating, sleeping, and excreting machines.." lol
Thanks Honey. :)
That is so beautiful I'm going to share that with a lot of moms I know. You are doing something very important with your life and time. You also just inspired me as I am preparing to begin my mom journey thank you so much for sharing.
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