What Does Motherhood Mean

“You teach them to fly, but they don’t fly your flight.
You teach them to dream, but they do not dream your dream.
You teach them to live, but they don’t live your life.
However, on every flight, in every life, in every dream, there
is always a trace of the direction you taught. ”

-Mother Teresa-

It means changing your life, motherhood is your time and changing your way of thinking for the benefit of your children. It means giving your whole heart and directing all your energy every single day to encourage your children to move forward and teach them to live.

It means that life is meant for the rest of your life.  It means wanting to enjoy and make the most of every moment. That you are full of feeling as you watch your children grow up and feel blessed and nostalgic as they take the leaps in their lives.

If we can call some type of love real and sincere, then it is that maternal love,  the love that is both infinite and eternal. Being a mother involves following the steps of our little teachers, our children, until they grow up and then just being there, and this is how our children unnoticed teach us about absolute love.

Being a mother means that you are never alone in your thoughts  because a mother always thinks in two ways: for her children and for herself. Mom feels immensely lucky because she knows that her children are the most amazing treasure she could hope for.

But motherhood does not mean constant smiling; it also means weeping whole rivers. It requires many sleepless nights hugging your pillow. It represents a reserve of endless worries; hours of running after your children; days, months and years of ingenuity in how to disguise vegetables and fish; quarreling tolerance; and consuming every little bit of patience into the endless nonsense that life offers.

What a mother does in front of her children

A mother hurts more than anyone  to say no to  her children, to challenge them, to test their strength, to see their faltering or falling, rejecting their dreams, or wasting their gifts and talents. However, she knows how important boundaries are and wants her children to learn them.

A mother cannot live for her children, but she can do her best to share life with them completely. For this reason, the mother tries to sew huge, light wings every day that allow her children to fly very, very high.

A mother wants everything to go well for her children, but she also wants storms to teach her children how to navigate the high seas. He knows that his children must face their own demons, free themselves from their burdens, and stumble upon the same evil stone thousands of times.

Mothers see their children’s flaws better than anyone, but they accept them and never cover them up. They know that their children are not okay just by looking at them, as mothers are the most skilled recognizers of emotions.

They also experience their guilt in the most awesome horror possible, for it is terribly painful to feel guilty and responsible for the problems of the person they love most in the world. This is why the mother bears such a heavy burden. Maybe this act is heroic, but most of all, it’s generous.

Sacrificing one’s own goals, dreams, or life for one’s children not only makes a mother an courageous individual, it also makes her the most strong-willed and generous person in the world .

The nights when children wake up in a fever, facing the world and overcoming all their fears, Pushing their children forward and especially protecting them… This makes mothers the  best example of courage and love.

Mothers are the strongest people in the world, for their weakness is their strength, and this will always be that love for those who ignite the fire of their hearts and serve as the fuel for their will to live.

Main image: Analia Heredia Celayes and internal image of the article: Carla Pott