All Moms Go to Heaven

CrazyHipBlogMammas is having a fantastic contest; this post will be linked to that by just clicking here. I absolutely think this is great because I absolutely think all moms will go to Heaven. Here's why!

1. We are each our own 'wonder womans' for our families.
2. We are very very often overlooked for all that we do.
3. When we are sick, we keep going, there is no rest, there is no get in bed and pull the covers over our heads. We take care of our husbands who do that, our kids who do that and while we wait on them for their every need, it makes us love them more. Sure we're probably ready to throw a brick through a window by the end of the long day or night, but I digress.
4. We get very little monetary pay for what we do. It's all 'pay to the order of' Love. Kind of a great deal if you can see past the trees of debt we are probably owed. :)
5. We are teachers. Lots of times, we don't realize it, but we are. Imagine that! I don't think the dad's even realize that is on our long list of 'what we do's'. Sure they teach too but we are there 24-7, they're only there when they're plugged in. Someone, hand that man an electrical cord so he can get connected! (Kidding honey...ok, well, only kidding a little bit, ok, 50% kidding :)
6. Because those that HAVE gone before us to Heaven we remember, and in that remembering, it pushes us harder to be better people, to have learned from those experiences.
7. Because we know how to bite our tongues. Hard. The battles we chose to wage are very worth it. To us. Knowing when to stand your ground takes finesse. Only mothers have this knowledge, fathers, notsomuch. They fight every battle that pops in their brain. Now, this might be a forte' but it depends on which side of the fence you are standing. :)
8. Clean.The.House. Can I say it louder? Because we clean the house. We clean the messes, the poop on the carpet from the 18 month olds who are learning to potty train, and we never say a word. We just do it. Because we hold our hand out when that same baby vomits in a fine dining restaurant and NEVER.SAY.A.WORD. While the daddy looks on in utter horror and quickly does a scan to see who saw what just happened, the mom (who's going to Heaven) has already found a napkin, wiped up the baby's face, cleaned her hands, gotten a baby wipe and double wiped everything down and is now quietly eating her own meal. She never skipped a beat. She is worlds ahead of the dad. The 'dad' that she loves so much. :) And she does.
9. Because she will make anything happen that needs to; even when there is no time to make it happen. Even when the soccer coach calls 30 minutes before a stray practice he has decided to throw together and the kid have had no dinner and she knows it will interfere with the baby's bedtime, she gets it all done. Dinner gets slammed in the microwave, soccer uniforms get flung on the body, socks and shoes, then dinner is cooling, gets cut up for the baby, they get fed (fast) and the Mom (who's going to Heaven) gets the soccer bag ready, her shoes on, her hair brushed and runs back to the kitchen to make sure there are no spills or food fights between the seven year old and the 18 month old, they get to practice only five minutes late AND they had to sit in traffic in the middle of rush hour. Dad still isn't home from work yet and the mom's day is only halfway done.
10. Sacrifice. What we don't sacrifice. Love. How fiercely we love. Pain. The pain we overlook in ourselves. Happiness. Despite it all and because of it all, anyone who is a mom has fantastic track records, even if they don't know it. We get others through with our instincts and our drive; even our friends.

Thanks to CHBM and All Mom's Go to Heaven for doing this contest in tandem. You all rock! Thanks for making me stop to take the time to remind myself that even when (and I think as women this happens to all of us one time or another) our self esteem is low, it shouldn't be. We accomplish quite a lot we do! We should be proud! What a great little pick me up!

Jenn