In reading mommy blogs and a few daddy blogs I’ve found an interesting compilation of tips on parenting, rants, educational ideas and honest, humorous tidbits on raising children… Mommyfriend is a great blog which has won several awards and features a wide variety of posts. The author, Lori wrote a nice homage to moms yesterday, I am Exceptional, I am a Mother. What I love about this is how she notes all the myriad of skills and tasks involved in mothering. I thought the post was noteworthy, and I’ve included it in its entirety here:
“I have managed to stroll one child and hand-hold another while balancing a cake, a purse and a diaper bag…in heels. I am exceptional, I am a mother.
I know how to predict and curb a tantrum (hey, it happened once). I am never without a stash of snacks or band-aids. I can fashion a sling out of 2 tube socks in a pinch. I am exceptional, I am a mother.
I know my children’s health histories, food aversions, fears and hot buttons. I know when snack day, minimum day, share day and pajama day are. I am exceptional, I am a mother.
I try to make learning fun, act silly with my kids and accept responsibilities for my failures. I am exceptional, I am a mother.
I know how to kill bedtime monsters, get gum out of hair and act as my children’s advocate. I am exceptional, I am a mother.
I know how to sneak medicine, sneak vegetables and sneak the good Halloween candy for myself. I am exceptional, I am a mother.
I know how to make it all better when no one else can. I am exceptional, I am a mother.
Just because we can all do these things doesn’t make even one of us less exceptional. We have witnessed exceptional love from our mothers, our grandmothers, each other, our children and ourselves. We do exceptional things instinctively. We do exceptional things for them. Our everyday is exceptional.
We are exceptional, we are mothers.”
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