With Mother’s Day upon us this Sunday, May 12th, how could I not choose this as the subject of my blog? Eight years ago, I was blessed with my son and he was the greatest gift that I ever received. They say that being a mother is the hardest job in the world. It’s also one with no pay, no days off, no resignation and the work is never done but it’s the one that I have found to be the best and most rewarding. That’s not to say that there haven’t been sleepless nights and struggles but you get through those. Then, as soon as I see that smile or hear, “Mom , I love you”, followed by a bear-hug and kiss, I have immediate amnesia of all the hardships. I marvel everyday on how my son has changed and is growing into a little adult before my eyes. It seems like only yesterday that I was bringing him home from the hospital and, this past Saturday, he made his First Communion. Crazy.
I heard a story on the news this morning that made my head explode. A 40-year-old woman had left her four children in the car while she went into a bar to drink. Really?! There are so many things wrong with this story that I don’t know where to begin. Where was this woman’s head and what was she thinking? Clearly not about the welfare of her four children, who could have gotten out of the car and wandered off, hit by a car or abducted. Then, after she boozed it up, she was going to drive her children home under the influence (assuming, of course, that her children were still in the car and still alive)? I could go on and on. There isn’t any reason this woman could give to excuse her selfish and idiotic behavior. I hope that she is severely punished but, sadly, it’s really the children in these cases who suffer. This also got me thinking that, in this country, you need a license to drive a car, drink, buy a gun, etc., but most any woman can have a child whether they are fit to be a good mother or not. Things that make you go, “Hmm.”
For all you moms (the one’s not endangering their children) and moms-to-be out there, Happy Mother’s Day!
