Posts Tagged ‘Mother’

It’s so easy to forget how much of a joy being a mom really is. What, with the constant bickering, repeating EVERYthing twenty times, and wondering how so-and-so keeps their house spotless while you’d be doing good to be able to walk across the floor without sliding threw a glob of unidentifiable stickiness. Or maybe it’s just me.

In thinking about all of the chaos involved in my day to day life with four daughters and a son, I was led to reflect on what exactly makes me “mom” aside from simply having children. I know – that sounds strange, right? Just hear me out. I know many women who have had children that don’t have a motherly bone in their bodies. I don’t mean those moms who are non-traditional and do things a bit out of the norm. I mean those moms who absolutely do not parent their children. Period.

What makes me Mom? What is it that makes me one of the moms who cares whether her children fight amongst themselves or eat three meals a day or only get one snack? What makes me one of the ones who enforce rules, do things to make their kids feel special (even when they don’t deserve it LOL) and bawl their eyes out at just the thought of something happening to their child? What makes me the mom who lives for her children and does everything in her power to ensure their safety, confidence, and security?

To be honest, I’m not exactly sure. What I do know is that I love my children. Unconditionally. What I feel when I think of them is indescribable. What I think when I look at them is impossible to articulate. Sometimes, those feelings and thoughts take the backburner to other feelings (like frustration, pain, disappointment, fear, and even anger…) and other thoughts (such as, “There is not a place in existence far enough away from these little people for me to go right now…”) but through all the messes and mishaps, nothing can ever overshadow the fact that they are my entire world.

There is no situation, scenario, or circumstance that could ever change the way my heart aches with the fullness of my love for them, and that’s what makes me Mom.

What makes YOU Mom?