Mothers, in this patriarchal society, are deemed weak and powerless. We are discriminated against in pay and promotions at work and put on a "Mommie Track," as if being a mother was somehow less than the ultimate sacrifice one makes for others. Even our children don't get why we seem to waste our lives tending to their dribbles and pains, as if we'd only see the light and go and do something for ourselves. How ignoble and cowardly to hide from the world this way!
This story of a mother of five children caught my eye today. The woman saved four of her children from a burning building and then realized one was missing. She immediately turned to go find the missing child without a thought for her own safety. This is the type of bravery all mothers have. But, her kid could only muse to the reporters:
"She was never really that brave before. Before she was always worried about stuff like nutrition and all this boring stuff. Now she was saving our lives.”
Oh, really? Like she wasn't saving each kid's life on a daily basis? What did her son think all that nutrition and boring stuff was all about anyway? Did he think she found it highly entertaining? The truth is most mothers sacrifice their entire lives on a daily basis to the well-being of their children. If this is not bravery, in an age that despises these nurturing qualities, I don't know what is.
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