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.
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20 responses to “10 Things That Make Me Feel Like a Superhero”
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.