Tuesday, February 25, 2020

The Super Hero: A Mother

Hi there, this blog post is dedicated to the awesome and super human mothers all over the earth, though today is not mother's day, I feel the need to celebrate mothers.
A mother is not just someone who can bear children and breastfeed her offspring, A mother is a lioness, she is a friend, a disciplinarian, a comforter, a good listener, an amazing cook, a pillar in the family, a hustler and so on. These are some legit high standards set by no one in particular, but that is how the margins of success is judged as far as motherhood is concerned.
Every female has the ability to bring forth children no matter how late, but it does not end there, after birth, the ability to care and provide for her child/children with or without a spouse is what qualifies her as a mother.
Many girls have aborted future presidents of nations due to circumstances or mostly because of their believed inability to cater for the child. It takes the special grace of God Almighty and some good effort to be a mother.
I strongly believe that motherhood does not start the moment a female conceives, I believe motherhood starts at a very tender age.
From age 5 when all your senses should be working, how you treat and care for your siblings both younger and older forms a basic foundation for motherhood.
At age 11-13, puberty is coming like an avalanche, how you process the body changes, how you respond to hormones and feelings of love, how you take the increasing responsibility you are getting at home, this plots the path of your motherhood journey.
At age 18-25, you are now a small madam, you are in the university, how do you treat your fellow females, the younger children at home, which example are you setting for them, how are you handling your relationship with that boy, hope your mum is still not doing major of the chores at home. You are a step closer to being a mother at this stage.
At age 30-infinity, by now the children are coming, how close are you to your God, how are you convincing your spouse that this cute would not take all your attention, how do you adapt to the needs of the baby(banish those thoughts of raining hell on the person that wakes the baby,after you cooed him/her to sleep five minutes ago), how do you adapt to the rapid growth of your children, give them the necessary love, encouragement, discipline needed, how to govern your family( a good woman builds her family, a bad woman tears it down herself), can you make unbelievable sacrifices for your children and family?, how much of your knowledge on parenting have you passed on to your children
There is no handbook on "how to be a good mother", How good a mother you are is judged based on your offspring( how trained they are morally, culinarily etc), how organized your home is and testimonies from other people
So this blog post is giving a pat on the back of all the mothers in the world, don't relent, the world hinges on it, as for the ones who still struggling, I pray God Almighty gives you the strength and passion to be a good mother to you children and also to children that needs mothers when the need arises

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