Us Mom Squad Moms think motherhood is the best, most rewarding job in the world and we are so proud to be Moms. We love watching our children grow and delight in their accomplishments. We are there to scoop them up and shower them with kisses when they get hurt, but we also know when to just let them do things on their own.
It’s our job to teach them not only how to eat, talk, and walk, but also to be kind and well mannered, to share and to have empathy for others. Moms teach children how to be little people from “scratch.”
Being a Mom means something a little different to each of us, so we asked Moms at all different stages of motherhood: What does being a Mom mean to you? Each week leading up to Mother's Day, we’ve shared their responses with you.
This week we hear from the Moms of the Mom Squad Moms! (aka: the Grandmas):
Linda W (Nicole’s Mom):
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Being a mom to my three daughters has been the most important thing I have done in my lifetime and it is amazing how I felt ONE second after my children were born. I had never met these little people, yet I knew I would lay down my life for any one of them. Unconditional love was there instantly and all selfishness went out the window.
It is an all consuming job, trying to instill confidence, compassion, independence and strength, even though you don’t always feel those things yourself. Being a Mom has allowed me to share my daughter’s joys and feel their pain. Protecting them and allowing them to experience life at the same time is scary. Trying to treat each daughter the same yet understanding their differences was a job in itself.
Being a Mom has been amazing and having three grown up daughters who still want to hang out with me makes me very happy. As a Mom, all you can wish for your children is for them to grow up with love, happiness, and fulfilling lives, and to enjoy their children as much as you are enjoying them.
This Mother’s Day I feel blessed and will enjoy the company of my daughters, their husbands and my five grandchildren, which in my estimation is the best way to spend the day!
Brenda T (Bethany’s Mom):
The one given that I had as a young mother and even as a middle aged mother was that I loved each of my girls unconditionally. They could never do anything that would take that love away.
I also remember at some point in each of their lives telling them that it was not my job to make them like me. It was my job to see that they became decent strong women! To say that I succeeded in that without a hitch would be a lie. I will tell you that all three of my daughters are now decent strong women and I am extremely proud of each one in her own right.
What I learned through those wondrous years was that I could help them, I could lead them and I could love them. I could not MAKE them become what I wanted them to be.
My girls range in age from 30 to 42 now. I am still their Mom and I still love each one unconditionally and there is still nothing that could ever change that. This time of my life as a Mother is without a doubt the best time of Motherhood. My daughters and I talk often and share each other’s good and bad times.
I do worry about them when I know they are ill or having a difficult time in some area and I can't be with them. I miss them terribly on their birthdays. I try very hard to respect their boundaries as they do mine. I value their opinions and hope they value mine.
Now I have two beautiful grandchildren and delight in seeing how their Mother is with them. It is her time to be a young Mother and mine to be a Grandmother.
There are times when I feel my daughters are beginning to “Mother” me and that makes me smile. We are friends but, lest they forget, I am still and will always be their Mother first!
We all view our roles as mothers a little differently, but there is no denying how much we love our kids and our role as their Mom!
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Call For Comments:
What does being a Mom mean to you? We’d love to hear from you in the comments below!
