As I plan another day of mountainous packing, I am humbled and awed when I think back of my mommy.
Tiny in physical stature, yet a giant in heart, determination, and inner strength.
with my Awesome mom, 1997
I don’t know how she managed to do it. I am thinking back on the specific year we moved from Penang to Johor Bahru, Malaysia. A move right across the country, north to south. (That was but one of the many times we had to move.)
And there she was, this tiny amazing woman (5 foot minus) – with six kids, sans a helping husband. A full time teacher who had to mark student work in the evenings. Six kids – all underage. My mom had to wash and cook for this large family, pack up the household and much of the children’s belongings. And to add to her woes, like many of us, she is a hoarder of sentimental and crafty goods. (A big hoarder!) 😀
Then there was the kids’ schooling to attend to: dis-enroll from the schools in Penang. Find and arrange enrolment to schools at the other end of the country. Six kids. Not an easy task by a very very long shot.
Yes, the kids did help – but in adulthood now, I am acutely aware how little that help really was. They packed up some of their stuff but I am sure much was left to the mom.
And then there was the rebelling teenage son who didn’t want to move. Trying to placate and find him another place – a compromise midway in the country. Additional accommodation, financial arrangements, schooling that had to be taken care off quite separately from the mountain of work she was already lumbered with.
Packing Moving from Leichhardt
And to look at Petey and myself – just the 2 of us – requiring rest in-between bouts of cleaning house, arranging repairs and tradespeople, and packing packing packing. How did my mommy manage it all – and so MUCH more, and with virtually no help?
She continues to amaze and humble me to this day. This is but a brief summary – much glossed over – of the amazing achievements of my wonderful mommy.
Her life is a full-length story – full of amazing strength, determination, and unbelievable tenacity.
I love my mommy! Here she is … young and unencumbered, never knowing the strength that she would find within herself to care, nurture, and keep safe six widely different individuals who would owe their safety and lives to her.
My Beautiful Mom
Mommy – Thank You for being so Amazing. Still Tiny and Still So Amazing!
Oh my Honey, your Mom made one of the most precious humans that I will ever have had the pleasure of meeting and loving almost from the first moment you wrote or placed one of your creations on the internet. She created you with all the verve and tenacity that you see and feel in her! She gave your preciousness to all of us who have come to know a bit of you and wish that we could know all of you. But that little bit, we love. We love you very, very much. You give us courage and generosity with all of your love. God has blessed your Mom, you and me too. My Angel girl. B.J.
My dearest BJ – thank you for coming by!! So glad you found me on this new site 😀 Thank you so much for your wonderful comments and the love you always give so generously. Yes, BOTH my mommies are super amazing and I love my mommies to bits!!! Sending you love and peace, angels’ embraces, and joy. Always.