It’s mother’s day and I was feeling guilty that I hadn’t had time to do a blog about it. I had it on my to-do-list all week and intended to write something really nice and sweet about mothers and all that they do.
But you see…the way my life is set up there’s alot of stuff on my list that I don’t get to during the week, and this time writing a blog was one of them.
So this morning came, there was no blog, and I was like…ah well. None of my business pages have Mother’s Day graphics either. This is just the way it goes sometimes.
But as I started to get my Mother’s day greetings a couple of them stood out. One person in particular told me that I do everything “effortlessly” and I actually laughed out loud when I read that. Because…what???? 😂😂 I knew what she meant when she said it and I appreciated the sentiment still, but…nope.
So now I have my Mother’s day message for you. THIS ISH AIN’T EVER EASY. It certainly is not my intention to make you guys believe that it is, so I may have to start putting up some more pop down pics of myself so you have a more realistic view of what’s happening here (like the featured image of me, as I type this, trying to convince a sleepy child that her problems can be easily solved if she would only shut her eyes).
I am always tired guys. Al…ways. And I always have so much work to do and no energy to do it. I’m the main chauffer/wrangler of the wildling that is M, I’m trying to run two businesses, and when you live in a house and have a child there’s still cooking and cleaning and…everything.
Motherhood is really hard, period!, whether you have a child with special needs or not. And I’m one of the lucky ones. I have a lot of support from the people around me.
I have the best team of Autism therapists M could ever ask for. A boyfriend/baby-daddy who is always there, a granny who is the best baby-sitter ever, a sister/cousin/friend that does everything in her power to give me some form of stress relief, and we’ve chosen THE best God-parents a little girl could ever need.
Even with all of that…this is still hard. So I can’t imagine what it’s like for mothers that don’t have that kind of help.
But I get it done because my M is the best thing to ever happen to me. She is truly a joy in my life and I do not ever want to imagine my days without her. Because of her, my every day is a very conscious effort. At the bare minimum, if I achieve nothing else that day, I make sure she’s good, and once she’s sorted I count that day a success.
Everyday there are a lot of things that get left undone. Some projects, plans and people have fallen to the wayside. My life is full and hectic and I physically and mentally cannot do it all. I’ve made my peace with that.
So no…there’s absolutely nothing effortless here, it’s quite the opposite actually. But the best labor is one of love.
Happy Mother’s Day!!!
Me and my M 