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Mothers - In Full Flight
It might be a long bow I’m pulling here, but I know there’s some pertinent truth in this too, mothers (and the people who support mothers) are so often the women we all count on to get things done. Just look at all the people who want to recruit mums because they know that women with kids can usually almost certainly multi task and can usually be relied on.
It was a while ago now, but the day I left home my mother wrote me a note that said at the end of it “..spread your wings and fly”. I’ll never forget it.
At the time it was with mixed feelings that I left home and I really didn’t appreciate what she meant with those words at all. The situation was not ideal, but it was time for me to go and learn to be independent.
And sure enough, that’s what happened. Now I’m a single mother with a 7 year old boy, and thank goodness I’ve had enough strength and self sufficiency from earlier experience to be able to do it, and still retain my sanity.
Not without help, let’s be really clear on that. It really is as the cliche goes, it takes a village to raise a child. In my village I have incredibly supportive friends and family, and more recently even a new partner. For this, my gratitude is unending, so of course I do all I can to support all of these people too.
Today was mother’s day where we live. I made a wonderful grilled cornbread with tomato salsa recipe which fed us all day. During this most lavish of brunches my mother and I mused at how it was she and I who had made the food.
And this was done with love, for our family. We do this because we did learn to fly when we left our nests. We do these because we love to love our children and feeding them good food still gives us a buzz.
So to all the mothers out there who are single, or not, or who cook, or who don’t, whatever your flavour of flight is, enjoy it. Spread your wings and fly through life. You never know when that sense of freedom to be who we are in whatever form will rub off on those around us, or even possibly our kids.
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