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Welcome from Jodi Beck

Dear Friends,

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, and yours truly coming up on a second such celebration (say that three times fast…), I have to say this: one day just isn’t going to cut it.

I guess it really is true that you cannot truly understand some things until you experience them. You know, like trying to describe a bikini wax to someone who has never had one—it’s something you just have to experience yourself to fully understand.

And now that I have had some time to really wrap my head around this motherhood gig, I have to tell you—it would take a month—at least—to really thank all the moms out there for the tireless work they do, day in, day out, day in, day out…

Don’t get me wrong, I am very excited we get a whole day…but really, wouldn’t a month be better?

Personally, I could use at least one week—maybe more—of sleep—pure, beautiful, uninterrupted sleep, given to me as a gift of some kind, to truly feel like I was getting something special.

And while we’re on the subject (yes, I put us there), it would take another week just to catch up on laundry and housework, to make me feel like I was even making some progress in trying to get my house in order, rather than shuffling one pile on top of another and pretending I was tidying up.

And that’s not including all the other work, chores, shopping, bills, ad naseum to contend with. Oh, and if you happen to work outside your home, or from your home, please insert said job and all that entails right here.

I realize that all the moms reading this who have many more mom miles on them than I do are laughing and wondering why (again) it took me so long to wise up and get a clue, but like many things that I’ve experienced in my life, it simply took me a little longer to get there. And as always saying when I realize something that I probably should have already known, once you know something, you just can’t un-know it.

Without a doubt, being the mother to my little boy has been the single most joyful and rewarding experience of my life and I only wish I had him sooner—so that I would simply have more years with him. Then again, that might not have been any guarantee.

And likewise—being a mother has been the most grueling and exhausting experience of my life and one that I don’t think I could have ever appreciated, ever, without experiencing it first hand.

So now that I really and truly feel I know what is required to do the most difficult job in the world, I would like to personally salute all the moms (and dads) who have come before and who tirelessly hold it all together each day.

This column, this Mother’s Day and these wishes are for you….for a day that makes you feel loved, blessed, and hopefully, (even slightly) less exhausted.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Till next time…

Jodi

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