Written by: Emily Sapanza
Mother- Moth-er
Function: Noun
1) A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child.
2) A female person whose egg unites with a sperm, resulting in the conception of a child.
3) A woman who adopts a child.
4) A woman who raises a child.
5) A female parent of an animal.
6) A female ancestor.
7) A woman who holds a position of authority or responsibility similar to that of a mother
As you can see from above, the word “mother” can represent so many ideas in culture and life and mean so many different things. There are a few certainties in life: death, taxes, and the fact that we all have a mother. The relationship one has with their mother can be positive, negative, or even non-existent. Either way this connection however great or imperfect will fabricate our lives insurmountably.
Every mother lays out a mental blueprint for their child’s life before they are even born. Yet, to me it takes a great architect to be able to allow this blueprint to become what it needs to be and allow it to grow and mold itself along the way. No plan ever comes to fruition without many revisions and detours. As always there are opportunities that present themselves that are never on the plan but that always manage to appear once you are on the “jobsite of life”. How we deal with these opportunities can show and teach us many things about ourselves and how we view the world.
My Mama has shown me how to be a great architect of life for my children. To me she is the symbol of leading by example by allowing me to be free thinking and never to hold me within the constraints of what she thinks my plan needs to look like. Inevitably things on paper look different in the real world. Whether they are spectacular achievements in the design of life or horrible miscalculated failures, Mama is always behind me congratulating or consoling me.
My mama is wonderful, fantastic, amazing, magnificent, superb, brilliant, well, there just is not a single word that can describe how great she is and do her justice. She has given me so many of the tools with which I used to design and construct my life that I lead today. I am thankful everyday that my Mama let me design and create my own life and gave me the encouragement to become who I am today.
Thanks Mama! I love you.
