As mothers we love our children unconditionally. Now I am not saying we all have not had that moment when a roll a duct tape looks good when they are misbehaving, but we will do anything for them. We will rearrange our schedules for theirs. We will be awake all night for bad dreams and illness. We will rush out to by cupcakes the morning of the school party. We will read the same book ten times that week. We will buy yogurt with cute characters on them because for some reason they just taste better to our little ones. We will cave in and buy that fish, hamster, cat or dog because they need a pet, and NOT because we needed another thing to take care of. We will sew the holes in their lovies and blankets because it would be catastrophic not too.
There is someone in our life we tend to forget (other than ourselves which I wrote on a previous blog). Our significant other. They tend to get a viewing pass into our lives but rarely do they come up on stage. We will make excuses to get out of intimacy (usually exhaustion). We will them all the errands they need to do, and hand them a honey to do list. When they want to do something for themselves like buy a motorcycle, go fishing, etc…we sigh, we roll our eyes, we may even tell them no. A priest told me a very important thing once. You are a mate not a mat for your significant other. It is the same the other way around. So stop wiping your feet on them, and maybe they will follow suit. Because as mothers, women, and spouses we have more than enough love to share, we just need to give some to them….
