A Tribute to Our Moms

A post in a group I'm in made me write this article. It caught my interest because it is so on point, a very accurate hit. Below is the image that caught my attention.

This post was made last Mother's Day.....showing how two kids had to hire several people to fill in for their mother's role while she is away for a brief holiday.

Funny but this is so true. A mother has different roles in our house and in our lives. And not all appreciates their hard work and patience. As shown in the image, kids hired a housemaid, a driver, a chef, a nurse, a teacher, a fortune teller, a clown and a priest. All this people rolled into one is a Mom.

Housemaid

A mother always keep the neat and clean. From the inside to the outside. She sweeps the floor of the whole house, bedroom, dining room and living room, making sure no trash is in sight. Dust are wiped off from the appliances, electric fans are regularly cleaned, bathroom is given a daily scrub to make it squeky clean. Dirty clothes are washed twice a week ( not daily to save on water and electricity because I'm using a washer and a dryer. ) She keeps checking if there are enough stock of the groceries in the pantry and make a list so she won't forget when she goes to the supermarket.

Driver

A mother also serves as the family's driver. She drops the school to their school in the morning then picks them up again later in the afternoon after their classes to make sure kids are safe and sometimes takes sometime to talk with the kids' teacher to check if they are doing well in school. And then maybe drives the husband to his work if needed. Or drives her kids to anywhere they have to go to make sure they arrive safely.

Chef

Who else cooks for the family.....no one does this better than a mom. She always make sure there is food on the table when the kids got home from the school and the husband from his work. She is not only whipping up delicious foods for the family but she also makes sure that what goes in her family's body is nutritious. But of course she lets them have a snack of their choice as a treat. A mom cooks dishes with love that's why it always tastes delicious.

Nurse

This role is the one mothers are not very fond of. No mother would be happy to see any of her kids get sick. But of course, kids get sick once in a while. So when this happens, the nurse inside a mom is activated automatically. She has different kinds of medicine in stock in case of emergency. There is some paracetamol for fever, painkillers for headache and toothache, menthol ointment for insect bites or headaches too, medicine for colds and cough. But of course, just like what they always say in television ads....if symptoms persist, consult a doctor, a mom knows when to self medicate and when a real doctor is needed.

Teacher

All of us know that our mothers are our first teacher. They are the ones who taught us our first words, helped us to make our very first steps until we learned how to walk and eventually, run. At home, moms taught us the alphabet and the numbers. She taught us how to draw and write our first letters and alphabet and taught us how to read basic words until we are old enough to go to school. And even if we are already in school with real teachers, she still helps us with our homework and other lessons.

Fortune teller

Remember how our moms say when we are playing, "Don't run, you'll trip and hurt yourself" and then it just happened? It' like they can see the future hahaha That's why trust your mom's words whenever she warns you of something. Whether be it's about people we're going with or a place we're going to. She also thinks ahead above everyone else, she has everything planned to avoid any trouble.

Clown

Our moms sometimes keeps us enteratained, accidentally or on purpose. She sometimes do things unaware that she is being funny or she has no idea that what's doing is causing us to laugh. But most of the time she really clowns around with her kids to share that loving bond between a mom and her kids. And at times when her kids are down, she's always there to make them laugh and of course, give them advice on what to do and how to cope up with what's troubling them.

Priest

Yup, moms are like priests too. Giving us sermon on what os right and what is wrong. She always tell us to do good to others and live a righteous life. She taught us how to pray and goes to church with the whole family. And tells us to always give thanks for all the blessings that are given to us and ask or guidance in our everyday lives and pray for forgiveness for all wrongs we have done.

And that's what a Mom can do and will do for her kids and the whole family. So give all the love and respect to our Moms. She gets tired and stressed out but she never shows it to her kids. She pretends that she's okay but that's the opposite. Working around the clock at home isn't easy, believe me, because I'm a mom too. 😉☺️