Mark Twain had an interesting saying. “My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.”


That sounds like an excellent descrip- tion of many Moms. They put up with so much while they never stop loving.


And there are lots of other things we can say about mothers. In many cases they gave up their career to raise children. And did they get any thanks for that? Do they ever get the thanks they deserve for all


they do for us?


Perhaps it’s true that many mothers draw the short straw regardless. Is it summed up in the following question and answer? “Do you work, madam?” “No, I’m a house- wife.”


And while there are plenty of substitutes for a mother – a nanny, babysitter, grand- mother, godmother and neighbor, there is only ever one genuine article; a mother is a mother is a mother.


Her Value


Someone once calculated the salary owed to those Moms who do the daily routine of cooking, cleaning, fixing lunches, making the school run, washing, ironing, shop- ping, taking the dog to the vet, the kids to ballet and basketball, caring for an elderly relative and finishing the homework for their offspring. No one could afford her. She is owed a small fortune.


28 Kalon Women Magazine May 2012


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