Horizontal Motherhood
| December 6, 2022I can and I will still be a mother. Even from the couch
I vacillate between feeling guilty and relieved.
I’m on the couch again and the kids need me.
I feel frustration, I feel shame. But most of all I just feel tired.
I’m lying down, drained of all energy, limited in mobility.
The kids are whining, asking me to prepare their sandwiches, find their uniform shirts. Mommy, can you turn on the bath for me? What are you making for dinner? We were supposed to go shopping today. Aren’t we going to the park? Remember to iron my shirt for Rosh Chodesh, please!
So many of these physically straining tasks aren’t even on my radar screen, let alone a priority. The reality is that there are so many things I can’t do at the moment.
But if I search inside and think logically, as my level-headed self knows how to do, I’ll concede that there are so many things I can do.
I can and I will still be a mother. Even from the couch.
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