The self sacrificing nature of motherhood never ends. My own mother proved that to me today. Knowing that I have been feeling overwhelmed of late, and that I had a long day ahead of me, my mother cut her own plans short to be with me today. She arrived baring Starbucks (always a good start) and then proceeded to hold the baby, feed her my pumped bottles, and thoroughly entertain her so that I could get a lot of cleaning and straightening done. These things warmed my heart, but are not what really moved me.
The very large man who was replacing my front door today (from 9 am until 4 pm!!!) was having rather unfortunate gastric issues. Every so often he would ask to use our bathroom and as much as I wanted to say no, I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I had to light candles, open the window, and close the door just to keep the smell from permeating out into the hall. My poor mother had to use the bathroom after one of his visits. I was in the nursery with my daughter, which shares a wall with the bathroom, when I started hearing a funny noise from the other side of the wall. It sounded like a sucking noise and splashing water followed by a flush. This went on four or five times before my mother walked back into the nursery smelling of rubbing alcohol and cleaning supplies. The large smelly man had stopped up the toilet and my mom, whose name I am currrently submitting for sainthood, spent 15 minutes plunging it for me! It was a messy ordeal, she mentioned being worried about e coli poisoning, but she did it because she's my mom. I had hoped that as my daughter got older our relationship would center less around poop and more around coffee dates and such...but after today I see that some things will always be part of a mother's love.
Oh, that sounds JUST like my mom. She has ALWAYS been there for me. I have so many memories in the record books of her laying her life down for me...esp with having kids of my own. Such a precious gift!
ReplyDeleteAnd...how funny are all our pics of our kids w/ Sbux??