Many people have greeted me a Happy Mother’s Day, which is sweet, but I still don’t feel quite like a mother since the little guy is just using my body to grow. I feel the true test of motherhood is the development of a decent human being who thinks about his/her community, family and overall health of society. While I teach youth and contribute a part to this goal, I still haven’t started my adventure in shaping the future of a little one.But several women in my life have…particularly one, my own mom. We all go through key developmental stages in life, yet we are all unique. My mother went through seven unique developmental stages of children, and managed to get all us through to where we are now. While she is not perfect and no mother can be, we learned many new things, developed our own unique lives and she continues to support us on our paths.
So now I have a new man about to enter the world, and while I know I won’t be perfect at developing his important life events, I hope I can provide as much support, love and education as my mother does. She (and us) lost her mother this past week to old age so she is using the knowledge Grandma gave her to guide us through our motherhood. I love you mom.
