Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother.’ — Anon
What a powerful and also intimidating thought to all new mothers. Nothing challenges you in life as a female as the responsibility of giving life, nursing and coaching little humans into their own lives. Never again can you only think of yourself alone when considering your daily needs.
All of a sudden your diary is not filled with social events and the glitz and glamour of a single girl, but dotted with activities linked to your child or children. Combining that with your professional career provides you with challenges and requires the skills of a trapezium artist to keep a balance between the two.
But, if you eventually surface above water when through the chaotic learning curve,
You will arrive in a wonderful place of personal fulfillment and a state of wonder; being
the witness of the creative process of guiding your own, your stepchildren or
godchildren to their birth calling while stepping into their own teenage years and
eventually adulthood.
Motherhood never ends. Your worries, leadership, coaching, and guidance only shift as the child moves.
Through the different developmental stages. This acts as the unseen golden thread that links all mothers on all continents of all ages together in their hereditary inbuilt urge to uplift mankind for the better.
Are you a mother sharing in this unspoken code of unending love and sacrifice? Then, my girl, you are walking between the giants. Keep it up! You were born for a time like this to be a MOTHER for the FUTURE. You are the manual that your children will read to guide them through
life.
Estelle Piek, April 2023
