Mommy Magic

Mothers are magic.  We have God-given special powers. 

Growing up, whenever I was sick, no one else except my mom could make me feel better.  That hasn't changed much in 32 years.  My husband can comfort me temporarily and wait on me with medicines, fluids, blankets and hugs but if I'm really sick I want my mom.  Something about just being in her house, taking a nap and having her give me medicine lifts my spirits and heals my body.  What is it? 

Now that I am a mother, I don't so much understand this phenomenon any better but I see its truth even more.  There are certain things only a Mommy can do.  Many things.  With 3 very young children this gets overwhelmingly exhausting at times.  When it is bedtime, everyone needs Mommy. Daddy can bathe, dress, brush teeth, give a bedtime snack, read a story and say prayers but Mommy needs to be the one to lay beside, snuggle and sing a little song before they drift off to sleep.  When someone is sick, Mommy's lap is best.  And of course with Hannah while she's nursing, there is not substitute for Mommy, EVER.

There are days I feel so stretched thin.  There are days and nights I feel so exhausted, I can't imagine how I could quite possibly make it through the day.  But somehow I do.   I guess the same magic that gives us super healing powers, comforting powers, cuddling powers, sleeping powers, also gives us the ability to function without much sleep. 

Hannah asleep on Mommy.  One of my favorite things to do as a Mommy is to hold my sleeping baby.

Although it's a tiring job with no breaks, days off, holidays or monetary pay, it is the greatest blessing of any in the world to be able to be a Magical Mommy whom little ones depend on and love so much.