Oh Yeah, and Happy Mother's Day to my Mom and my Mother in law :)
My First Mother's Day has been fantastic so far! Coffee and Breakfast in bed, gifts, hugs, cuddles...what else can a women ask for? Maybe a baby that sleeps through the night, but lets not push it...
Nobody can compare to mother's of children who have special needs! I don't know how they do it....its a long, hard, exhausting, and most of the time a thankless job. For example:
Last year I was working with one of my students (who has Autism...of course) and we were completing a Mother's day poem for his school.
(To give some perspective, his mother is like friggen Super Mom. Their house is always extremely clean, everything is organized, dinner is always made, she manages his program, PTA meeting IP meetings, team meeting, you name it, she does it.)
Anyways, I read a part where my student needs to fill in the poem.
Me: "Tell me why your mom is great"
Student: "I don't know"
Me: "Ok, well lets think about some things your mom does for you everyday"
Student: "Like what"
Me: "Well who makes your dinner every night?"
Student: "Well she does...but sometimes my dad does too..."
Me: "Ok well, who cleans your house"
Student: "Sometimes my dad"
I could see this was going nowhere...
Me: "What about the love she gives you? The hugs and kisses"
Student: "to tell you the truth, I rather not be hugged and kissed"
I think to myself: "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!! WORK WITH ME KID!!!"
So I just start listing all the things I have seen her do for him:
-Cooking, cleaning, hugs, kisses, help with home work, taking him to movies, swimming, etc.
He replies with: "Ok, ok, but you know Kristen, there ARE nicer moms...you know, the ones who smile all the time..."
SO, LET THIS BE A LESSON TO MOMS EVERYWHERE:
Apparently it doesn't matter how much you slave over your ungrateful children and family, you better do it with a freaking smile on your face!
But you know, no pressure.....
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!
Ahahahaha - hilarious!! Kids don't realize that when they see other kids moms smiling, it's because they are usually not at home making dinner, dishes, putting kids to bed, etc. at the moment. Nobody really appreciates what all their Mom does for them from the moment she wakes until she goes to sleep (when she's even then still listening for them to wake or come home depending on the age), Nobody really gets it until they become a Mom - Happy 1st Mother's Day Kristen :) Loves and hugs from your Smother XOXOXO
ReplyDeleteI seriously just laughed my ass off at this one. I'm having such a good time reading through your posts!!! -PAWS 4 THOR
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