Baton pass of the magic wand to my boys..
Fri, May 7, 2010 When I was little my Mom would constantly nag me to do things I did not want to do, ever.
Like clean my room.
Get good grades.
Or do the dishes.
Folding laundry was the worst.
Be nice to my sisters.
Mowing the lawn I would complain"MA, I'm a girl" come on.
I would always wish for a magic wand to make these boring tasks go away.
I'd wish for my room to be clean.
I'd wish for straight A's.
I'd wish for the dishes to be washed and dried.
I'd wish my sisters would stop coming into my room.
You get the idea..
I would wish and wish and wish.
It always felt like I was wishing for something because I felt like my Mom was being so unfair.
When I started to drive I remember my Mom always wanting me to check in to make sure I got where I was supposed to go. I was constantly apologizing because I forgot. To me it was never a big deal.
I could never understand when I was little why I was not allowed to ride in the streets.
Or walk without holding her hand in a store.
Or be allowed to stay home by myself if my Mom needed to run to the store.
I understand now.
I swear it did not click until I had kids.
Being a Mom is hard. So much harder than I ever thought it would be. (They need to put that in those What to expect books).
Your heart is exposed all day, everyday when you have kids.
Every move they make is a BIG deal.
"Don't go to fast on your bike you could fall."
"Stop jumping like that you could break your neck."
"No you can see how many mini muffins you can jam in your mouth"
"Is that where your jacket belongs?"
"You have to go to bed because you need sleep to grow"
These are all sayings I have said to my boys. I could rattle off a million more "non-cool" things I say to them on a daily basis.
So on this Mother's day I wanted to say THANK YOU to my Mom for the sacrifices she made, the constant worrying and nagging and the non-stop, always cleaning up after me and my sisters.
I understand now.
And I bet if you were to ask my boys I'm sure they wish they had a magic wand too and to that I say, wait you little stinkers 'til you have your own kids, you'll understand then, but for now, "I'm the Mom and because I said so" :)
I LOVE YOU MOM!!
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Happy Mother's Day to all you amazing Moms!!!
Reader Comments (6)
aww, beautiful!!
happy mothers day to you, too!
xo
Happy Mother's Day to you and to your mother. I hope you and yours have a wonderful weekend.
Thank you Kim for that beautiful tribute...you make me proud in so many ways that you can't even imagine...I love you & you are an amazing daughter & mother...I love you...Mom...
awe kim...that made my heart smile - I can relate so much. Being a mom has never been easy for me, not like some people make it seem and I struggle to do and give for my kids AND let them grow and experience life on their own...I just want to protect them, I just want to hold them and love them and take/keep every possible hurt away. Ahhhh...being a mom, such fear and yet such eminse joy.
I hope you had a wonderful mothers day! :)
~K
So dead on! Love it.
That's so sweet. Happy Mother's Day! I have no children, but I'm about 11 years older than my sister. I was more like a 2nd mom than a sister a lot of the time. She is now 18, and the only reason I don't still stress out when she wanders around in a store by herself is not because she is 18 and old enough now, but because she is 6'2" and I can usually see her above everything around her! LOL