What Mother’s day means to me
It’s always nice to have a lovely Mother’s Day from the moment you wake up to the time you go to bed.
But the reality is often a little bit different to what we’d prefer.
This morning for instance, Anya was just hormonal from the moment she woke up, and kept on crying for no apparent reason. Her ‘cranky mode’ somehow went on and off throughout the day. And very often, I had to repeat myself so many times to get her to do something.
Vai was mostly okay UNTIL he woke up from his afternoon nap. He then was just cranky too.
And, because Wilson had important commitments he had to attend as well for the first half of the day, it was all up to me to handle the kids, their emotional roller coasters and their occasional ‘power struggle’ over objects as simple as a plastic cup!
Of course it wasn’t always bad (read: there were sweet moments too), but I guess I was just physically tired and thus my patience and tolerance level towards constantly whiny voices and disobedience was lower than usual.
I felt drained today.
And I thought today we moms are supposed to ‘enjoy’ the day?
As I’m typing this I tell myself that yes, we moms and our contributions are ‘celebrated’ on Mother’s Day, but really, today is actually no different than any other day.
I mean, the fact that many parts of the world celebrate ‘Mother’s Day’ does not mean our little ones can and will specially behave any ‘differently’ (read: sweet and angelic) for one whole day.
They’re children, and so it’s only natural if they’re childish.
I feel we can’t hang our ‘parental responsibilities’ on the rack and take a ‘day off’ from being a Mom, simply because it’s Mother’s Day.
[Of course it’d be nice to be able to put our feet up, relax and be enjoy a special treat once in a while *smile*]
Anyway, what I experienced today just confirmed it yet again, that the label ‘Mom’ sticks to us and it naturally comes with its set of privileges, challenges, joy and responsibilities. Regardless of the time and day of the year.
And now, here’s to all Moms out there:Happy Mother’s Day!
PS: Wilson arranged a nice dinner out and a mobile phone upgrade so I can finally get rid off the one I have now (which gives me SO many problems). How sweet.
