Motherhood Lessons: My Mom, My Mentor

Cassie at cassiegermsheid.com tagged me on Motherhood lessons, which was tagged to her originally by Tishia at momstalknetwork.com
This is a wonderful topic to play tag. My mom is my mentor in motherhood. She was kind and firm. She wouldn’t spoil us, or give in and at the same time we were content and loved. She wasn’t some one you mess with, when she said something, you would listen. Her eyes, she would give us The Look. I wanted to die and not get that look. Even though she is very firm and doesn’t let you to get away with anything, all the children, including my kids, love them. I remember my cousins were crazy about my mom, they would anything for her, that normally wouldn’t do for their moms.

She also taught us sense of responsibility at home and towards each other. As long as I can remember, setting the dinner table and cleaning up after that was our job. Our main course of the day was lunch, so dinner was leftover or some simple food like sandwich or salad. It was our responsibility to put food on table for night. We had lots of fun making those sandwiches; we also made a huge mess in her kitchen. But she wouldn’t mind.Most importantly, she taught us how to care for each other and help each other in our daily lives. We would do chores, and in doing that we were responsible for others as well. Our chores were general ones, like vacuuming. Not your own room, all the house including your siblings. Now in our adulthood I can see the wonderful outcome. We really care for each other and help each other out whenever needed.

So, what I’m doing for my kids is that, I tell them the truth all the time. If I say I’ll do something it is calculated and I’ll do that. So when I say I count to three or I’ll do this, I just have to count to two! I’m working on giving The Look as well. I don’t yell, I just talk or keep them from doing what they were doing. But if they do a no no thing, I just stop and give them The Look. Without a word, and both of them immediately stop and even apologize for what they’ve done. You can see in my daughter’s eyes that she understands The Look.

I’m also learning from other moms a lot and put it together with what I’ve learned from my mom, in the hope of being a reasonably good mom and raise my kids right.

Tag time:
Stace at Internet Toddler
Lori at Freelance Mom
Tracee at The Girl Recolution

Until later,

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