Privileged to Be a Mom

05/06/2014

I sat down to write this “Tribute to Moms” but somehow am thinking that it probably will be done way better by some brilliant writer, or has already been brilliantly written before.

I have been reflecting a lot about what Mother’s Day may bring or not bring to many. Perhaps it will be just the same old day to some mother’s with a husband that works out of town, in a hospital, in the field. It will bring heart ache to others. Ones that have been trying for years to become a mother, have lost their mother, grandmother, mom figure. Or a day filled with awesomeness with so much sleep, relaxation, fun, and tonnes of kisses.

I also thought about when I was a teenager and wanting oh so desperately to go to out and I was told I was not allowed. The words of my mother still so vivid in my head “One day when you are a Mom you will understand.”  And Oh how true it is! How much I now understand. The magnificent roller coaster ride this is of blood, sweat and tears! Friend and Foe. Laughter and Anger. Wanting so desperately the  whole world for your children but knowing that you cannot just give it to them! I understand now how you want to protect! But hope that the independence you are trying to create will be recognized in this big world when they are older. I understand now that the words I say may remain vivid so many years later and will be the building blocks of important decisions and self reflection.

And most of all I understand that being a mother is a privilege! Something that I should respect and honour with my whole being and commit fully to. But yet never take too seriously that I forget what it is like to be a child. That just as a professional masters their craft I will continually try to master my craft of being a Mom. I will seek out other Mother’s I look up to. Read the books, practice the lessons and better myself in any way possible.

Today on Mother’s Day I will soak in all the love, laughter, hugs and kisses. I am going to acknowledge all the amazing women that came before me. The building blocks of strength, compassion, conversation and love that they gave and continue to give every day! And I am going to acknowledge that I deserve this Mother’s Day just as so many of us do in this world, but I am also going to acknowledge that this is a privilege. And that for the sake of my children and my children’s children this day marks a commitment!

I am going to continuously work on Mastering Motherhood!

~Will you join me?

~Sheryl~