Mothers Amaze Me

I seriously think that when lady becomes a mother, she receives this whole new set of superhuman abilities. It's almost like Peter Parker when he's in the Spiderman suit. I joke with my mom that I'll be the worst mom ever because I can sleep through anything. I have this fear that I won't hear my kids crying in the night. She, along with others, has assured me that "something happens when you become a mother", and for sure, I'll hear my children crying. We shall see, I suppose. Nevertheless, mothers amaze me. All mothers.

I can be having a crummy day, when I get a phone call from my mom. I can intentionally try to make my voice sound like everything is fine, and her first words after "Hello" are "Are you okay? What's going on?" When I tell her I'm fine, it's always, "What's wrong?" in this pathetic, I-know-you're-lying-because-I'm-your-mother voice. How does she do that?

This morning, I had another Mothers Amaze Me moment. The lady I live with--who granted, is not my mother but is a mother, nonetheless--was able to know that I didn't feel well without even seeing me. She knocks on my door and basically told me to stay home and rest "if" I didn't feel well. What in the world! Spy cameras? ESP? Psychic? More like motherhood. It's amazing.

Hopefully some day I'll be as amazing as these and so many other women I know.