Who shall Counsel the Counselor?

She is your mother, your friend, your wife, your daughter, your sister, your help

Often times though, the shoes she wears is one you just can’t fit

Too big for your small heart or too small for your stature.

She has been under pressure

Pressure to perform, pressure to deliver

At worst, she has been under siege for her generosity and golden heart.

Yes under siege praying for you, preparing you and even pushing you out of your comfort zone to be a better person

As the new day dawns she wakes up with the hope of a better day than yesterday

A day she can smile to, and thank God for making her so

She has to wake up earlier than the rest of you if you are gonna have a great day today.

As the chores overwork her, she realizes it’s already midday…time to prepare someone some lunch

With even no time to eat up something worthwhile, its home time for the kids, and someone has to pick them up

Too noisy for her liking for they are happy to be home, where all freedom lie and she can’t complain

They all are eager to tell her of their day at school- how the teacher scolded them for no reason

How they were punished for not telling on their noisy friends

Too busy redoing her chores for they just can’t stop and think how much effort was put for the house to be in such a liveable state

Before she knows it, it’s time to prepare dinner

Dusk also brings with it its share of trouble

Hubby/father/brother is home too

Tired…from sitting in an office seat for several hours or from just from thinking…

Doesn’t matter for now

What’s clear is, he wants a massage, your smile, a good welcome home talk, a hot shower and a good hot meal too…just the way he likes it

And as you do that, he doesn’t mind multitasking with the telly remote and his cell phone

As if that’s not good enough, he wants none of the kids disturbances

So, she has to take all the kids with her to the kitchen

Has to balance her work with everyone around and their attention

He wants to share his bad experiences for her to empathise with him

He wants to tell her how his boss treated him unfairly and how it was not his fault

Soon enough, everyone is sleepy and they all go to their beds

She is left with her dishes and her dried up laundry to fold

She needs to do her devotion but she is too sleepy, too tired

She didn’t even catch up with the news, nor did she get any opportunity to speak to anyone about her tiresome day

It’s almost midnight and that’s actually her daily routine and sadly enough, no one ever notices

Because by the time she sleeps, they are long gone

She is last to sleep ensuring everyone is fast asleep and well asleep

Who will listen to her?

Who will sympathize with her?

Who will relieve her?