On motherhood

The title of this post is On motherhood. I know, it's not for me to talk about. I'm not an authority on this because, um, first of all, I'm not a mother? Hehehe, very funny. :D But hear me out, okay, I would just like to share some thoughts I have about this so that if my future self gets to read this, she'll be able to say, uh-huh, this woman is so cheesy! Yuck. Or she'll say, uh-huh, so this is what I thought about this subject all along, whether or not that future self is destined to be a mother. 

In my circle of friends and acquaintances, practically everyone my age is starting on this path now. The number of single people in my friends list is dwindling really fast! It's crazy and overwhelming but it's always a pleasant news when an invitation to a wedding arrives. I like weddings because they're beautiful and sappy (I like sappy things!). 

But remove all that beauty and sappiness, I think I'll still love weddings because it comes with it a feeling of being settled, of finally knowing that you have these two very specific and challenging roles to fulfill: being a wife and being a mother.

Whenever I hear a friend or a friend-of-a-friend getting married, my happiness (or more like happy amazement!) seems to come from the fact that Allah swt has given her the privilege to raise someone from this ummah, that she will be able to directly contribute to this deen. This is an opportunity of a lifetime! Not everyone is given this chance. And if she goes into this marriage with the proper intention, her future children may be able to open for her the path to jannah! How's that for an ultimate prize, huh?

They say that every single thing we do in life becomes an ibaadah, a form of worship, if we put into it the right intention, which is to please our Maker. Eating, sleeping, walking, every single small thing. Isn't that what motherhood is? An entire lifetime of ibaadah. 

I wish we all become worthy of this privilege someday. And if Allah swt has not written motherhood in our destiny, then I pray we all find the path to being just as worthy of jannah in other forms, like being good daughters to our parents and simply being good Muslims.