Who am I? Based on my superhero powers, I have a lot of identities.
1) The Unstoppable Force: Labor and delivery. ‘Nuff said.
2) The Emphathizer: I can (usually) snuggle and talk a tantrum away.
3) The Staunch Supporter: I can defend others against predators. Remember, “predator” is all in the perspective.
4) Arterial Flow: I am an O Negative blood donor. Type-specific is better, but in a pinch, anyone can use my blood.
5) Captain Persistence: Triathlons.
6) The Explicator: I can explain complex, unfamiliar topics so that anyone can understand them.
7) Madame Patience: I can read the same book over and over and over and over. And over.
8) Perspective Lady: I can watch Baguette eat something that has fallen onto an unfamiliar floor and say, “Immune System!”
9) The Adapter: I have managed to (mostly) surrender my sense that I should be making Baguette’s birthday cake.
10) The Amazing Prioritizer: That time-consuming thing that seems so important, but isn’t? I can let that go.
This list brought to you as a result of Monday Listicles.
Photo by jmv, via Flickr. Creative Commons.
So many of us have included childbirth or something related to that (in my case it was surgeries, including three c-sections). I think they need to make a new superhero for all us moms who create little people!
Agreed!
I love the names- so clever! And number 4 truly is heroic!
Thanks! I used to do it on a regular basis, and want to get back to that.
I am a universal donor too. It is nice to give blood that will really matter.
I think it all matters, but I’m glad that not only can mine fill a specific need, but it can be a backup for everyone else, too.
Ditto on the O negative Universal donor and on triathlons. I have done one in a few years. I think this summer I’m going to dust off my bike.
I really want to do another; it’s been several years now, and the only problem I have is finding the training time. Seriously, it’s hard to find time to clear off the kitchen table. Training time is a real challenge for me.
I wish I could let some of the un-important things go….
Sometimes they’re unimportant, but you get enough from them to keep them in rotation. Other times I think, “This is someone else’s priority.” And that doesn’t mean it has to be mine.
Love it. Especially Adapting and Prioritizing. Both related, I think.
Great lessons for all.
And Perspective! Thanks.
Perspective Lady is awesome – it’s all the way you look at things, isn’t it?
So true! I try to see the big picture. It helps me worry less about the individual brush strokes.
Great list. I’ve found with three kids that I too have become Perspective Lady. I see my two-year-old picking stuff up from our kitchen floor all the time. She will have the immune system of a superhero for sure.
That’s our hope with Baguette. Ever since she was born, we’ve tried for a middle zone between quarantine and taking her to concerts in terms of exposure.
I love your different personas! Ellen
Thanks!
I am so not a germaphobe either, and my kids are immune systems might as well be fortresses.
Baguette broke her leg in August, but has yet to need antibiotics. That day will come–and there’s a slight possibility that we’re there now–but I feel very good about having made it almost all the way to Age 3 without them.