I have been actively trying to be a better mom. To be more present for my children, encourage them, teach them, and love them. With my youngest sons recently turning 13 and 11, “mom-ness” has been on my mind a lot lately. I didn’t get to be such an amazing mom on my own though (she says as the trophy is yanked from her grasp…), I had help and an extraordinary role model.
Mother’s Day is May 14th this year. Many of my posts have to do with lessons I’ve learned, or am learning, and this one is a nod to my mother and some of the things she’s taught me. Her birthstone is pearl, so it’s only fitting to share her wisdom in the same form.
Pearl #1: “You can do it.” It didn’t matter if I was building a fort in the woods or applying for admission to Gonzaga University. Mom always believed in me and told me I could do it – whatever “it” was. As it turns out, she was right. I may not have been able to reach all of my goals (yet), but her belief in me has allowed me to reach higher and achieve more than I ever thought I could.
Pearl #2: “Moms are magic.” She has an unrivaled green thumb, a healing touch, and my mom is also a master soup maker. I learned to garden, love, and to cook standing at her elbow. Now I am a master soup maker and am teaching my kids. There’s magic in soup – the magic is love. When you cook with love the food tastes better, the sick or hurting are comforted and heal faster. One of mom’s secrets… “always onions and garlic.”
Pearl #3: “Things will work out.” When I was growing up and in a jam, I always knew things would work out – because mom said so. Her belief was absolute. There was never any question or waver in her confidence. Her certainty inspired the same in me. I believed then that, no matter what, things would work out. My faith is the same today. I know with every cell in my body that things will, eventually, work out.
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Pearl #5: “Family is worth loving, even when they’re not.” I wasn’t the best teenager. I wasn’t the worst teenager, but I certainly wasn’t great. I know I did things that she didn’t like, things that frustrated her and sometimes made her angry, but she loved me regardless. She is the personification of “put up a fucking fight for what you love.” (But mom would never swear…)
So this week, my reader, I encourage you take the pearls from my mom and make them your own. Whether you’re a mother yourself, a parent, or a child, her lessons apply to you too: grow something, care about other people even when (especially when) they can’t do anything for you, believe in yourself, know that things will be ok, and keep loving – even when it’s difficult.
Oh, and always onions and garlic.
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