Mothers are a bizarre breed. They know full well to become mothers they have to spend nine months the size of a small whale and then go through astronomical amounts of pain before they receive their child. Yet they do it anyway, are they really such gluttons for punishment?
After the birth they have 18 years of crying, tantrums, stomach bugs, bruised elbows, cut knees and every other kind of injury you can hope to think of. Personally I reckon they get their revenge by all the embarrassing baby photos that appear the first time you bring your new boyfriend or girlfriend home. I mean the amount of photos of me either fresh out the womb and covered in goo or dressed in all manner of bizarre outfits and bobble hats is astronomical.
I just love how intuitive mothers can be about their children. I swear mine is practically psychic when it comes to me and my brother. A sixth sense for trouble and mischief perhaps? It made sleepovers impossible, no matter how quiet me and Kat tried to be after being sent to bed, we’d always hear mum come up the stairs, not even bother to open the door and just be like ‘Bed now!’. Don’t even get me started on the amount of times she’s caught me sneaking biscuits from the cookie jar over the years.
Despite this I still think my mum is awesome, yes even when she’s nagging. She’s a real trouper. It’s not easy raising two kids on your own; especially when one of them has a bedroom that more resembles an explosion than a bedroom in number 5 Mintons.
She’s always been there to patch me up when I’ve fallen over or broken a bone or got yet another stomach bug. She even once locked herself out the house in her rush to get to me when I became Ill at school. I think ten year old me found it most amusing watching her swear as she had to break into her own house.
Yes we argue, don’t all parents with their kids? Mum can be queen of the nags when she wants to be ‘Move your shoes!’ ‘Hang up your coat!’ ‘Feet off the coffee table’ ‘Turn that down!’. I could go on, seems she’s rubbed off on me just a little bit though as I often now find myself quoting mum when I start to nag my own flat mates!
Over the years mum has done many cool things with me, she taught me to colour, taught me to read, even started to teach me to cook when she thought I could be trusted with a knife. I think the coolest thing though was when we went to turkey for my 18th birthday just the two of us. It’s only once in a life time you get to nearly fall off a boat and land in a laughing heap with your mother due to a big wave.
She’s awesome love you mum!
Merry Mother’s Day!
this is really beautiful rach :)
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