If you are on Facebook, most likely you have at least seen, if not taken, a Buzzfeed quiz (or something similar) trying to figure out what your Super Hero Power should be. If for some reason you are not a TOTAL geek like me, you can take one HERE.
For what it is worth, when I took THAT quiz, I got Teleportation! How cool would that be? Sure would make visiting the Bestie a WHOLE lot easier!! OK, moving on!
In real life, there is no teleportation or invisibility, or super-speed, even though people like me really wish those things did exist. Every single day I see a household chore that I would LOVE to just use my FLASH powers and get the dishes done in a half a second. But, we know that isn't how it works. We actually have to do the dishes in real time. There is no short cut. That is part of life.
And all you mamas out there know that is a HUGE part of Motherhood. There are no short cuts in being a Mom, even when we REALLY want for there to be! Dishes must be done (unless you want to eat on paper plates with plastic forks all of the time...wait...is that an option!?!?!?!), laundry must be finished (that nudist colony sounds better and better some days!), and the kids have to be fed (and fed and fed and fed. Why must they always want to be fed?!?). There is no way around it. Things around the house have to get done and usually (at least in my friend circle) that means that it is mom's job.
And while every mother I know is a Super Hero in her own right, we are just human. We do not have special powers to help us get these things finished. We have to use our own gifts and normal, plain old non-super abilities to get them done. It is difficult. Make no mistake. I realize I am preaching to probably about 90% of the choir here. You mamas that are reading this KNOW it is difficult, but we do it anyway, don't we? We wash dishes, empty and fill the dishwasher, run the wash machine, try and remember to put them in the dryer, then run them in the wash machine again when we inevitably forget to put them in the dryer. Please tell me I am not the only one who does that!!
But, we get our jobs done don't we? And not only do we get them done, we go above and beyond! We make sure our children are clothed, fed, and homework is done. We make sure our husbands are clothed (some mamas I know even iron their hubby's clothes...not me, but some mamas I know!), fed, and we try and help them relax after work. If we have pets, they get fed and walked. Houses get cleaned, kids get taken to sports practices and everything runs as smoothly as possible. I mean it when I say that the moms I know are Super Heroes. I mean, come on, we have to be!
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound? Whatever! I want to see Superman get 3 kids to soccer practice, teach a class at the gym, get one kid to 4-H, make sure all homework is finished, and then make everyone dinner. All in about a 2 hour time period! Where is THAT movie Marvel?
So, this post is for all my Mommy friends out there doing the very best that they can. We may not have actual Super Powers, but we are all Heroes. You are awesome and you better make sure you wear that big ol' invisible "M" on your chest with pride!
Blessings,
The Iron Stiletto
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