I’d like to wish all mothers a very happy Mother’s Day. — FR
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A Mother’s Day message from Crow T. Robot
In honor of Mother’s day, I thought I’d put some words about the amazing jobs mothers do. They are a big reason we are all who we are today. They have to be a manager, accountant, maid, chauffeur, therapist, cook, mothers and domestic goddesses. Are they perfect? No, they make mistakes as we all do. But on the whole they have an incredible track record.
Now I want to talk a little about my mom. First though, I need to provide a little back story about me. Some may already know this but I was born with a cleft lip and palate. If you don’t know what that is, I’ll explain it.
A cleft lip is when the upper lip does not completely form and can be open up to the nose. A cleft palate is when the roof of the mouth contains an opening to the nose. Within a few months after birth the child will usually have plastic surgery to close up the lip. It is usually a rush job and doesn’t look very good. And the issues don’t end with the repair. People that have it often have hearing loss, dental problems and speech problems. I was born with both and had to deal with all of the related issues.
If you want to see what cleft lip and palates look like you can see photos of them in various degree of repair and some that haven’t been repaired, click here. Be warned though, some may be rather graphic.
The point of telling you that is so that I can tell you the next part. My mom advocated and fought to bring a Ken O Sha school to the area. It is a school that specializes in special needs students. It is where I went several days a week for speech therapy for a few years even before kindergarten. While I had speech therapy through most of elementary school, there is no doubt that starting early made a difference. That particular school is still a school, just not a Ken O Sha school. Coincidentally, I live less than a mile away from where that school was. While I hated it at the time, I had several reparative surgeries to improve how my lip looked. I am very appreciative now that my mom made that happen. Thankfully, my mom worked at that hospital. I am convinced she took the job so that the surgeries and other medical care would be free or at least low-cost.
My mom was certainly overprotective of me while I was growing up. Probably because I was so accident prone growing up due to my equilibrium being off-center. Yes, I realized I just admitted I am off kilter.
So this weekend, show your mom or stepmom some love. But don’t just do it this weekend. Do it year round.
