Today is World Parents' Day. And if you're thinking: "Again some strange holiday, not mine," don't rush to yawn 😴. This day is not about balloons 🎈 and children's songs 🎶. This day is about those who can take the blows of life — and still keep their backs straight 💥. Yes, this is about you and me — and about those for whom we get up in the morning at all ☀️
Parenting is not about snot 🤧 and children's rhymes 📚. This is when you go to work 🚗 after a sleepless night 🌙, not because you want to, but because you have to. When you turn off your emotions and turn on your warrior instinct ⚔️. It's like a sports car in the mud - it's not its track, but it goes because the power is inside 🚀.
A man who has a child 👶 is not just a dad. This is a person who is ready to give his last 🛡️ at any moment. He can be strict, silent 🤐, reserved - but if his son or daughter needs support, he turns into a stone wall with a motor 🧱🔥. Without unnecessary words. Without pathos. Simply because he is a parent.
And a woman who has a child 👧 is not a "mommy" in pink 🎀. This is the very person who, in a couple of years, turns from a romantic girl into a universal fighter 🥊, capable of simultaneously packing a lunchbox 🍱, settling a tantrum 😤, negotiating with a teacher 🏫 and smiling 😊. Not because it's easy — because there is no choice.
This day is not for the aw-shucks 🐥. This is the day of the real ones. Those who did not run away 🚫🏃. Those who stayed and dragged 🏋️‍♂️. Even if without fanfare 🎺. Even if without medals 🏅.
If you are a father 👨‍👦. Or was next to a woman who coped 💪. Or just remember how you led your son by the hand to school 📖, or read a fairy tale to your daughter 📖, or stood at a parent-teacher meeting 🪑, trying not to fall asleep 😴 — know: you are already a hero 🦸‍♂️. It's just that not all heroes wear capes 🦸‍♀️.
Happy Parents' Day 🎉. Without pathos. Like a man 💥

Natalia❤️