Last week I saw an article on my MSN homepage about how to NOT turn into your mother. Are you kidding me? There is no-one I would rather turn into than my mom. She is absolutely amazing.
I have a bad head cold and felt horrible yesterday. So the first thing I did when we got to my parent's house for Sunday dinner was ask my mom to take care of me. She of course got straight to work - made me fenugreek tea, rubbed all my points, popped my achy neck and back and made sure I didn't have to deal with my kids the rest of the night.
Then when I went home last night I took the girls and Todd was following a few minutes later with the boys. Claire let herself out of the back door and when she closed it she managed to get her hand closed in the door (she pushed the fancy button to close the door and didn't get her hand moved in time - OUCH). She was on the opposite side of the van so by the time she screamed I had to run around the van holding Sophie in my arms, pull open the door, sweep her into my arms and carry them both inside (using my super powers that mom's get when they are scared for their kids). I set Sophie in her bumbo (luckily it was just sitting right there on the table so it took all of 0.5 seconds) grabbed Claire a bag of ice and called my mom. In near hysterics I just said "Mom. Claire shut her hand in the door come over." Then I hung up the phone and just held my sweet baby with ice on her hand to calm her down. Todd was there 2 minutes later and then my mom showed up right behind him. He hurried and took care of the kids and my mom checked Claire's hand. Luckily, Claire's little hand is almost all cartilage so everything OK and nothing was broken. We slathered it with Arnica, covered it up and put Claire to bed.
Then this morning when I came out of my room from getting ready I saw my mom's coat hanging on the stair rail so I went downstairs to find her. She had already cleaned the boys room (not a small task since they are boys), picked up all the trash out of the basement and put it in a nice little pile, started a load of wash, folded a load of wash (you know the last one that never quite makes it out of the dryer - for me it's always towels), pulled out the kitchen trash to take outside and was planning on taking the trash can out to the street for trash day (I beat her to it though), all after checking Claire's hand. She really is amazing and can do it all. Her super powers don't turn on only in times of need like mine. She has them permanently. I hope I can earn mine too!!!
So today (and everyday) I am so thankful for my mom. I am so glad that she lives less than a half-mile away. I love that she rides her bike over to my house just to stop by and check on us.
Thanks mom. I love you!
p.s. isn't she the cutest mom????
6 comments:
Awww! That is awesome! You do have a great Mom. How fun that she lives so close. It makes me miss my Mom just a little bit. :)
She is a great mom! I feel the same way about mine, there is no one I would rather be like "when I grow up". Thanks for taking Jaxon to the movies, he had a great time.
You make me feel so jealous, my Mom is too far away, but would have done the same thing! I love Moms!
That was just such a great post Kathy, I really enjoyed reading it. And yes, your mom is just amazing!
I want to grow up to be like your mom too but do you think my next 6 children could come from another mother? There's no way I am giving birth to that many.
Tell your mom that she is famous in our family for her remedies...the burnt toast, the carrot juice (LG still goes limp thinking about how I made him drink a whole gallon) and yes, I remember always having the green cure all stuff in our fridge.
Hey, do you think your mom would come to Tennessee and take care of my household for a while? :) She'd have to promise to leave her juicer behind of course.
Oh, and LG still goes limp....hmm...there may have been a better iteration for that...like weak in the knees or something.
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