Charity post – Happy Mother’s Day!
Being a mother is something that has overwhelmed me completely from the time my first child, my son, was born until today.
I was not prepared for the journey of being a mother, and surely not for the responsibilities that go with it. All of a sudden, I found myself holding a baby for the first time in my life. It was mine. It was alive!
I didn’t know what to do or when to do it, but one thing I did know was that the love I experienced when I looked down into those big brown eyes was endless. All I wanted to do was protect. The lioness was born. I had no idea how I was going to do it. I just knew that I would do it.
Just as I was used to crawling on the floor, wiping sticky fingers, picking up toys, and at last had no more sleepless nights, I had to hear that I was going to be a mommy for the second time. No ways! Where am I going to find the love for a second child?
Seven months later, I was blessed with a baby girl on Christmas Day. She was the tiniest little thing, a special bundle of joy, and when I looked down at her, I knew I had found love for two.
I was now a grown woman. I had two to take care of. More crawling on the floor, twenty sticky fingers to wipe, cars and dolls to pick up, and more sleepless nights.
As the years passed, I went from "mamma" to "ma", to "mother" and with that, my responsibilities kept changing.
I had to learn to be a good mother.
- To love my children unconditionally
- To always be there for them
- To learn that I come second
- To always act in their best interest
- To put their needs first
- To be happy to change my plans to their plans
- To protect them from the wicked world
- To give up anything for them
- To discipline them even when it broke my heart
- To humble myself
- To learn to understand what they are trying to tell me
- To think twice before I do something
- To know that their happiness is more important than mine
- To be their trustworthy friend
Overwhelmed it might seem, but all worth it when you hear those "I love you" as the years pass.
Yesterday, just as I sat down to have my lunch, my phone rang. It was my daughter. How kids know when to call when you are either at your busiest, in the shower, or just about to eat, I truly don’t know.
She put me on video call and told me to get up. Why? I am eating. As all good moms will do, I listened to her, put my plate down, and got up. How times have changed. She no longer listens to me, but I listen to her.
She told me to go to my car. Here I am, with her on the phone, walking to my car. "Now open the boot". Okay, I will listen to you. In the back of my car, there is this big box that says "flowers" on it. No ways! I just burst out in tears. All that I could hear was, "I love you, mommy."
I am a mother. I am special!
To all my Steemian friends who are moms, Happy Mother's Day!
Yes it is Mother’s Day in South Africa.
May this day, even if you are not celebrating Mother’s Day in your country, be special.
May you experience the love and joy your children give you to the fullest.
"No language can express the power, beauty, and heroism of a mother’s love." —Edwin Chapin
Today, I have written this post for @turituri who has to undergo a "bilateral strabismus" operation next month and who is still short on funding. An operation I had to go through with my daughter when she was only a toddler. A daughter, I love the moosstteessssttt!
100% delegation to @turituri
CC: @fjjrg
Of a truth mothers are great assest to humanity. Happy blissful mothers day to all the mothers in the world.
Thank you!
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Read, Read and keep on Reading, Touching. That sentence really moved me, mama. Happy mother's day.
I just learned about an incident that happened to another mother I know @fjjrg.
You did great.
It is a pleasure and a privilege to help my friend.
Thank you! I had a wonderful relaxed Mother Day amidst the electricity and network problems.
As for the operation. Because my daughter was born premature she suffered a lot of problems and went through a number of operations. Fixing her eyes was among them and it was the best thing we could have done. Girls especially needs it.
I wish you guys all the best for the operation. I cannot wait to see the before and after photos.
Hola amiga @patjewell. Sumamente emocionado de leer tu experiencia con tu hija y la sorpresa que te dejó en el auto, "Flores" siempre flores para las mujeres bellas y las madres amorosas.
Muchas gracias por tu gran detalle y apoyo al programar la recompensa de tu post para beneficio de mi hija @turituri, veo que también tuviste la expereincia de tener que operar a tu hija cunaod muy pequeña.
Mi hija lleva dos operaciones, con el favor de Dios esta será la que sanará definitivamente su vista.
Mil gracias, que Dios le bendiga a usted ya toda su familia con muchas bendiciones, salud, alegría, bienestar y prosperidad.
CC. @turituri
Thank you for the beautiful blessing!
May you also experience blessings in your family. ☕
Thank you for participating in the Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 9 in the Steem For Ladies Community, being a mother is not easy, but it's also very fun, any drama about them when they were little will be educational for them when they grow up,
oh yeah, happy happy, happy mother's day in South Africa, ... 🤗😘
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Being a mother is so special and to think that soon you are going to experience it for the 3rd time. Awesome!
Thank you, I had a very relaxed Mother's Day. I even decided not to get all worked up about the electricity and network problems and that says a lot! (•ิ‿•ิ)
Que sorpresa tan agradable te ha dado tu hija... no podré nunca experimentar el amor que sienten las madres porque obviamente soy hombre pero lo que he visto en el transcurrir de mi vida ha sido un vínculo exageradamente fuerte entre las madres con sus hijos.
Feliz día de las madres para ti, que Dios te siga dando esas fuerzas de leona para proteger a tu familia y te brinde muchos momentos agradables y grandes experiencias junto a tus hijos.
Awh! Thank you for your beautiful words and good wishes.
My day was blessed. I could not have my kids with me but technology made it possible to share my day with them.
It was indeed a great surprise my daughter "cooked" for me. A lot of scheming between her and my hubby and that right under my nose. (•ิ‿•ิ)
PS: I hope you spoiled your wife on this special day.
Me alegra mucho saberlo, oh si el día ha sido maravilloso, en la mañana compartimos en la iglesia, en la tarde mi madre vino a visitar a una de mis hermanas así que nos reunimos en familia ahí.! Por supuesto, mi esposa está siendo consentida desde ayer en la noche y aun hago mi mejor esfuerzo! 😊
AH! So you will have to get you to write a guideline for my hubby. If he starts reading it now I might be lucky next year.
At least I know he loves me. (•ิ‿•ิ)
Special days are celebration days with family and friends. We need them. Or should I say, we need more of them?
Ahora si me has hecho reir, ya me imagino escribiendo una guía sobre cómo hacer feliz a la esposa, seguro obtenga un bestseller y todo eso.
Creo que todas las actividades que realizamos de alguna forma están destinadas a beneficiar a nuestros familiares y amigos, pero los días de celebración solo deberían ser para recordarnos que ellos son lo que realmente importan (suponiendo que llegásemos a olvidarlo).
Feliz día, todos los días don especiales para nosotras las madres, ya que vivimos nosotros inolvidables éxitos
True! Every day is a special day for us mommy's.
We just need to hear our children's voices to know how blessed we are.
Bendiciones para ti
Thank you and blessings to you also. 🎕
Happy mother's Day to you Mma.
Awh thank you! 🎕
I had a lovely relaxed day.
aaaw, so pretty. Im happy for you. My kids are too young to greet, but i love them with all my heart
Thank you for the visit! 🎕
That is what moms are therefore, to give their hearts to their children.
I agree with you. It's like an instinct we have
Una experiencia única como cada una de todas las madres, ser madre nos hace comprobar que existe amor para más de un hijo, era algo que siempre le preguntaba a mi madre, ¿cómo hacía para querer a todos sus hijos por igual? y ella me dijo que no me lo sabía explicar pero que seguramente cuando yo tuviera a mis hijos iba a entender de dónde salía tanto amor.
Hoy también soy madre pero de una sola niña así que todavía no He descubierto De dónde sale ese amor por ese otro hijo que lleva mi sangre Aunque sí lo he experimentado por algunos otros chicos a los que aprecio y cuido mucho estén cerca o estén muy lejos de mí.
Has tenido un gesto hermoso Con esta chica a la cual van a operar y a la que le deseo muchas bendiciones y que Jehová permita que la cirugía sea todo un éxito.
Saludos mi hermosa dama linda y tierna amiga Que Dios te bendiga siempre y conserve tu noble corazón.
What a beautiful comment! Thank you!
Blessings to you also. 🎕
With my first child birth the doctor told mew that it went so easy that I can have a whole rugby team. Now, that would have been a different story when it came to spreading your love. One is perfect, two and you start wondering, and with fifteen I would run away.
PS: God knows what we can handle and he will bless us accoringly.
In our country, this day is practically not celebrated. Many people do not even suspect the existence of such a holiday.
In the USSR, and now in Russia, Mother's Day is March 8. This is a common women's holiday.
I suppose in the end the following words sums it all up;
“Twinkle lights are the perfect metaphor for joy. Joy is not a constant. It comes to us in moments – often ordinary moments. I believe a joyful life is made up of joyful moments gracefully strung together by trust, gratitude, inspiration, and faith.” – Brene Brown
I love these special moments. (•ิ‿•ิ)
Yes, these are beautiful words.
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Thank you so much!
She will appreciated it!