SUPERWOMAN

A week ago was Mother's day. There was a TV program that showed a woman who is raising 50 kids - 6 of her own and the rest are either abandoned, or HIV-positive, or with special needs kids. One could see that here is a woman who is full of love and compassion. It also showed another woman who is caring for her special child that engulfed her whole life. My own mum raised 9 children when my dad died when I was 2 years old. I paled in comparison. I felt inadequate and had not done enough.

Then I read my son's blog - Golden Slumber:

" beautiful, smart, elegant (browsing through thesaurus as we speak..) - words won't do you any justice.

you can enter america's next top model and emerge the winner the next day

you can be in who wants to be a millionaire and walk away with 1 million in the next half an hour

you can even be the next big Apprentice working alongside Trump in a finger snap

but please... jangan masuk 'Jangan Lupa Lirik' :)

if only theres superman's robe in her wardrobe, everything would make make so much sense! the things she did and achieve is almost superhuman-esque :)

thank you, thank you, thank you, to know you is a privilege, but to have you as a mom... i dont even know where to begin :) happy mother's day mama, i love you i love you.

always a superwoman to me :)"

Then my daughter commented in her brother's blog

"to mama : there wont be any space in your wardrobe for a superman robe unless you clean it and give it all to ........ ME! you know the drill ma, K I F M! sayyyyy what? K I F M! ( keep it for me) you truly are a mother like no other. our guiding light, our source of strength and... the list goes on. kembang dah tuuu kembangggg! :8) i could wish to grow to be like you. minus your bad sense of direction that is :P love youu! nak milo!"

My other son gave me a casing, which is no more in stock, for my out-dated 3G iphone in his favorite color - black. He said I would always think of him. I received sms from my nephew who is more of a son to me. He sms "Happy mother's day to my lovely aunty, cikmun..... thank you for supporting me, sporting.....may Allah bless ur kindness...tq cikmun..love u.."

I was blown away. Inadequacies - Gone; feeling of not doing enough - Gone. As they say "one kid at a time". I have done my part.

Now - if only I could ensure that they wake up early for their Subuh prayer instead of what was said in the quality term of  "JIT - Just In Time"!!