Mom...aka the Invisible Woman!

Has anyone else seen that television commercial about the "invisible mother"? You see all these things that mothers and wives do being done by some invisible person, but voila at the end she uses some shampoo or hair dye (I forget which) and she's back looking all radiant and happy. Well...I think perhaps I need some of what that lady is having. Lately I'm feeling very much like the invisible woman around here.

I guess I am like that 'Invisible Mom' on the TV commercial. The people in my family see clean clothes in their drawers, the lights don't get shut off for lack of payment, there is food in the pantry...but they don't spend a single moment of their lives considering how it all gets taken care of - let alone who does it. Forget appreciation...I've all but given up on that concept. I might spend 2 1/2 hours on laundry and ironing, but no one takes notice. It is just expected. I probably treated my own mother the same way - I owe her an apology. I know better now just how much she gave up to create the illusion of a happy home.

"So I give.

I tell myself that love is truly giving.

Somehow I justify this.

Hoping you will understand me.

Hoping you will love me back."

~ Paula Cole, "I am so Ordinary"