If no one appreciates a mopped floor or clean dishes, then what are we doing it for?
. Lunches are packed and water bottles are ready. I don’t feel like I am necessarily taken for granted, but I don’t know that they have any idea how much I actually do for them.
I clean my kitchen sink with bleach so that salmonella from the chicken that I defrosted for dinner doesn’t poison them. I make sure that there are paper towels on the rack in case there is a spill or they need to quickly dry their hands. The bathrooms are scrubbed to keep germs at bay so that they stay well. My washing machine runs at least once a day so that their clothes look clean and smell like “mom’s laundry.” Only my loads have that special scent.
If taking care of all of the little things continually goes unnoticed, we begin to think that our life’s work is for naught. Taking care of multiple people day in and day out is the hardest job you will ever have. When you are at work and do a good job, at least occasionally, you are probably recognized. At home, no one seems particularly grateful that you took 15 minutes to scrape toothpaste off of every surface in the bathroom. But you did it. You always do it.
That is what a mother wants. We want to be seen by our families. We want to mean something more than just being a chauffeur, cook, and maid. Our families need to see that often times, we are in fact the glue that is keeping it all together.
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