{"id":1075,"date":"2022-05-05T09:51:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T06:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itsmylife.gr\/?p=1075"},"modified":"2022-05-05T09:51:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T06:51:30","slug":"my-blog-life-doesnt-come-with-a-manual-it-comes-with-a-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsmylife.gr\/en\/my-blog-life-doesnt-come-with-a-manual-it-comes-with-a-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLife doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I remember when I was attending elementary school, it must have been 5th<\/sup> grade, our teacher asked us to write an essay about the upcoming Mother\u2019s Day. At the time I had great difficulty with essays of any kind.\u00a0 I never knew how to start and it would take me ages to figure out the first paragraph. So I came up with what I thought was a brilliant idea: I would simply find an essay that I liked, copy it and hand it in. And so I did.<\/p>\n

As this was part of my homework, my mom obviously wanted to read it. She was so enthusiastic and proud of her daughter\u2019s writings. She was also moved by the strong emotions vividly described in my essay. My teacher however had the complete opposite reaction, as she understood exactly what had happened. She even knew where I had \u201cborrowed\u201d the text from. Oops! It\u2019s not difficult to imagine how I felt\u2026<\/p>\n

Today? No, I don\u2019t need to read any books in order to write how I feel about my mom. J I love my mom, and that\u2019s not just by default.<\/span> I love her for her big heart, for her warm hug, for always being there for me, for her talent to make us laugh. Of course we\u2019ve had fights and disagreements. Of course I don’t agree – even now – with the way she’s handled some situations.<\/span> However, being a mom myself today, I can certainly understand and acknowledge the challenges she\u2019s faced and her efforts.<\/p>\n

I know how a mom feels towards her child but I also know how a child feels towards their mom. I read two quotes that pretty much describe both sides: “Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother” (unknown) and “The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom” (Henry Ward Beecher).<\/p>\n

Now I know it\u2019s not an easy ride. Motherhood is not a given.<\/span> It is beautiful and hard at the same time. It can be elevating and demanding, heart breaking and heart warming. As much as it may be scary though it is an undeniable force of life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just last week we celebrated my mom\u2019s 88th<\/sup> birthday. In a beautiful garden full of roses, orange trees and lemon trees. We were all there, the whole family, all in great shape. What a blessing![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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