"Sometimes I get really angry when I see the kitchen is a mess and I can't find any clean cups. There are days when I try to make cakes and cookies, I screw up the job and God knows what I do!
There are days when I can't hold back the tears, I'm about to lose my temper. I forget to buy the steaks and I feel like a disorganized mom who can't get things done right.
But in those very moments, there is someone who says, "Mom, remember when we made cookies together and let me frost them?" or, "Mom, remember when you forgot the steaks and had eggs for dinner, shall we make them again?".
There I understand that children see something else in us, which has nothing to do with the way we see ourselves.
Children don't see us as people who can't control our emotions, they see us as human beings with feelings, enough to inspire them.
They see us as someone who knows everything, as someone who will always protect them.
For children, it is not necessary for us to wash, comb, clean ourselves. They don't notice if we wear the same top for two days in a row, if we're put together nicely, if our hair is nicely styled.
To them, we are just heroes. They love us unconditionally. They don't need perfectly shaped cookies or being an organized mom. They just want a man to be present. That's it.
Do you remember your parents when you were little? They were beautiful and knew everything. You felt safe and protected.
Children see us the same, even in those moments when we hate ourselves."
Written by an anonymous woman for Mom.Me
