It's What Mom Really Wants for Mother's Day
by Carolina Fernandez
A good nights sleep. Without interruption.
A clean house.
Without asking for it.
Food in the fridge. With the shelves cleaned out
before the new stuff goes in.
Breakfast in bed. With dark chocolate on
the side.
Time to read a book. Without pictures.
Laundry
folded. As if you knew that.
What mom really wants for Mothers Day is
for you to be her mind-reader. To know before she even asks for it what it is
she really wants.
Moms of newborns and toddlers are too sleep-deprived
to be articulate. You need to figure her out because she cannot quite put her
desires into words. Moms of teens are too emotionally-charged to be sensible.
You need to understand that she is hormonally-challenged (very low in the
estrogen department) at exactly the same time that she is parenting other
hormonally-challenged creatures (very high in the testosterone or estrogen
departments) who, for the first time ever, are witty enough, quick enough and
strong enough to stand up to her! (I never understood this law of nature by the
way!) Moms with fully-grown kids are both thrilled at new-found freedoms but
saddened by the lack of feathers in their nests. You need to provide her with
the stimulation of which she had become accustomed.
I find that my own
desires for Mothers Day change with each passing year. They have ranged from
getting away from it all to a deep-seated desire to be particularly close to
home. From hoping for another baby to praying for a completely-healed teenager.
And from material desires ranging from a new mixer for my kitchen to a
completely new kitchen.
Motherhood always involves evolution. For its
twists and turns take us to places both fully-expected and completely
improbable. It requires re-invention, both of yourself and of your role. I
marvel now at how I evolved from picking up my toddlers toys only to stand back
and watch them pick up after themselves for a few golden years only to evolve
once again to having to pick up after them as their teen brains have seemingly
cleared out all of those cells holding the memory of exactly how to do just
that!
However you choose or happen to spend this Mothers Day, I hope
that it gives you just the space you desire. Whether in the company of those
you love or in the solitude of total silence; at home or far away; with your
spouse and kids or without. That you get one day if only oneto be the queen of
your castle and of your kingdom. Big or small. Noisy or quiet. Celebrate the
lives in your care. And may you feel blessed.
Carolina Fernandez is a
professional speaker who brings a message of hope to a wide variety of
audiences. Her speaking style is high energy and satisfyingly entertaining; her
use of amusing visual aids and personal anecdotes garnered from raising her own
brood of four provide the high-octane fuel needed to navigate the oftentimes
stormy waters of life and to blast into brilliance. These are played out in
seminars and workshops, lectures and keynotes and in ROCKET MOM! 7 Strategies
To Blast You Into Brilliance. Carolina is also a certified Lay Speaker of the
United Methodist Church. Please visit
http://www.rocketmom.com for more details.
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