Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. Many would be taking their mothers out for a nice meal, a facial or shopping spree to honour these special breed of women. Mothers are like superheroes to me as they have many superpowers. For starters, these seemingly ordinary women are able to grow and nurture something from the size of a pea to a huge watermelon in a period of just nine months. Then, these women undergo hard labour to shoot that little being out of her body only to assume another identity…..somebody’s mummy.
One remarkable superpower of mothers is their ability to produce sustenance from her own body. The ability to breastfeed is an amazing superpower that NO man can ever match. This superpower helps protect her babies from illnesses and nourish them in more ways than one.
Another unique superpower is their incredible hearing abilities that can detect even the faintest coughs in the middle of the night when her child is sick. For those little fellas who are up to something naughty, don’t even try. Superhero mum’s super hearing powers would know if someone is in the fridge popping M&Ms secretly.
Some mothers have this amazing superpower of cooking with limited time and ingredients. I know one supermum who could switch effortlessly from CEO to chef extraordinaire in a matter of seconds. Dinner was ready in just under an hour and it was not instant noodles, mind you but a complete dinner with rice with 5 dishes.
Some supermums from my own mother’s era have super powers to maintain a huge house and a beautiful garden all by herself without a maid or a gardener. These women have houses that are spick and span and a garden full of fruit trees, vegetables and flowers. They are able to do all these and still cook delicious dinners without a microwave.
These days’ supermums have evolved to have the superpower of multitasking where she juggles her family and her work to achieve a perfect balance. The ability to multitask a million things all at once is no mean feat. Get any man to try working from home with a tight deadline with a couple kids who eat like every 3 hours and have a zillion requests. I can safely assure you, no normal or sane man would be able to do that for more than 8 hours……unless he is Superdad.
This Mother’s Day, we would like to salute all the beautiful supermums out there. Put your feet up and have a wonderful Mother’s Day.
