Most Mommy-ish of All the Mommies

The other day, when I was driving with Eric to pick up Janae and Alaina from school, Eric saw a woman walking and commented that she "looked like a mommy."  Then he told me I looked "the most mommy-ish of all the mommies."

I realized then that to Eric, I am Mommy personified.  I really am the mommiest of all mommies.  And all of my other kids as well--throughout their lives, when they hear the word "Mom," "Mother," or "Mommy," they will most likely think of me, just as those words bring to my mind a picture of my own mom.

I know that to some "mom" means old-fashioned, out-dated, lacking in fashion sense ("mom jeans," etc.)--all of which I have been for quite some time (even before I had kids!)--but to me, "mom" is what I always wanted to be. 

Now that I am the mom of four, I realize motherhood is often frustrating, difficult, exhausting, worrying, unglamourous and sometimes even thankless, but when I hear something like "You are the most mommy-ish of all the mommies," I realize that it is also the most significant thing I could ever be.