I have a 5 year old, Abby. Even though I have been a mother for over 5 years, this was my first "real" Mother's Day. It's the first time Abby has been old enough to really celebrate the holiday with me. It's the first time she made a card and conspired with her father about what gift to give me and how we should spend the day. But more importantly, this is the first time I am really experiencing and appreciating our mother-daughter relationship.
A few days ago I took Abby with me when I went clothes shopping. She helped me pick clothes and sat in the dressing room giving me the thumbs up or thumbs down like a Roman emperor sentencing the clothes to be left to die in the store or be given a chance at life by going home with us. She had good instincts and saved me from a potentially disastrous rust colored skirt.
This Mother's Day was a day for me to be proud of the remarkable girl I gave birth to. I am proud of the job I have done raising her, teaching her, and protecting her. As she moves through her 5th year I am in awe of the girl growing before my eyes. She's a wise old soul in a young girl's body. She has a tremendous sense of self and comes out with some very insightful and inspiring comments.
On the eve of Mother's Day I was performing one of the most essential roles of a mother. I was frantically trying to reduce Abby's fever of 104.5. I wiped her brow with a cold wet cloth, I sat with her and I cuddled her. Mostly I just worried for her. She rallied on Mother's Day and after a wonderful dinner we went for a walk.
It was during that walk that Abby enlightened me once again. She had dressed herself for this special dinner: flower dress, princess ring, silver bracelet, Hello Kitty necklace, pink pashmina, and a straw hat with a pink ribbon tied around it. As she sashayed down the street she tossed the end of her pashmina scarf over her shoulder and said, "Mom, let me tell you something. When you look fancy, you feel fancy."
I am helping to raise a funny, caring, self-confident and intelligent girl. I couldn't ask for anything else on Mother's Day.
2 comments:
Oh, from the mouths of babes! How sweet is she? So glad you had a good Mother's Day!
Here you are! YAY!!!
I know you must be an amazing mother because you are such an amazing human being. Hope I get to meet the equally amazing Abby someday. I've heard a lot about her.
xx
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