Mom Superpowers You Didn’t Appreciate… Until Now

With Mother's Day right around the corner, I’ve been thinking about all the things my mom used to do that I definitely didn't appreciate growing up but now, I get it!

When we’re kids, moms just have this way of proving they have superpowers. The house is clean, there’s food on the table, your clothes somehow make it from the hamper back into your drawer, and somehow always knows where your missing shoe is because… she’s mom!

There are so many “mom superpowers” we totally missed as kids, and now as adults who may have kids of our own, we realise that mom wasn’t trying to be annoying, she was legit just a super hero!

Iris Lopez

Mom Superpowers We Didn’t Appreciate as Kids… But Now Totally Get

Finding things that were literally right in front of us
Knowing when we were lying… before we even finished the sentence
Making something out of nothing—meals, outfits, solutions
Functioning on zero sleep like it was no big deal
Giving us “the look” that somehow said everything without a word
Loving us through every phase… even the ones we’d like to forget

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And maybe the biggest one of all? Showing up. Every single day. Even when they were tired. Even when we didn’t say thank you. Even when we didn’t fully see it. That’s the part that hits different as an adult.

So with Mother’s Day almost here, consider this your little reminder: the things you once rolled your eyes at might be the very things you admire most now. And if you’re lucky enough to still have your mom around, tell her. Call her. Text her. Say the thing.