Ever felt that life is meaningless with the endless piles of laundry, dishes and meals to cook? How about sitting through the night with your child to help him/her finish their project/homework when there's a ton of work to go through? Or breaking up another argument for the umpteenth time?
Days, weeks and months stretch into years and you keep telling yourself, it'll be better next year, when no.2 goes to primary school... or when no.3 is weaned off the breast, then I won't be so tired... But when one junior is weaned off the breast, you find yourself sitting on the floor, when everyone else is asleep, going through your son's school bag and discover he has not been completing his homework and you find last week's sandwich wedged between the water bottle and his colour pencils...... And you start to wonder, what's the meaning of all of this? Will it ever end?
9 years ago, I went through all those frustrations and more. But I found solace and my sanity in Mothers' Support Group. It's a place where mothers of various ages meet together to encourage and share and help uplift one another. When I shared my frustrations and failings, I find everyone nodding their heads in acknowledgement and understanding. I felt accepted and encouraged when the more experienced mums shared with me what works for their child and what doesn't.
I learnt how to be a better mum, a better wife, a better person. I learnt to pick myself up when I fail, to ask for help when I need it and to give of myself when another person needs it. We laugh together, learn together, pray together.
Mothers may be the toughest beings on earth, but put a band of mothers together and they can conquer the world!
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Happy Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteI almost expected you to end it with that phrase when I finished reading this post. Happy Mother's Day in advance then, Ellie!
Click too fast!.. continue.. here.
ReplyDeleteI said, Ex-MSG members shd have a blog and net-work through bloggings. so that we can encourage each other this way, even though physically can't meet, we can meet here.
It's a bit early yet for Mom's Day! 2 more weeks kan? But thanks anyway!
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised a hip and happening person like you would read an 'ah so' blog like mine!
You are right MM! But there aren't many moms I know that are into this kind of thing. I think we should start linking each other's blog to the moms we know out there. Maybe we can start something....
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