The Mega-mind of Moms

All moms are genetically altered at the moment they give birth or bring a child into their home.  When you become a mom, your brain suddenly morphs into "mega" capacity.  Now, unlike your life BEFORE children, your brain suddenly has the ability to contain microscopic details, needs, emotions and whereabouts of numerous other people at ALL times.  And there is a reason that this happens!
You are no longer your own person. Unlike with marriage, where you basically share yourself with one person, and typically retain half of yourself.  Not any longer.  Oh no.  Now the half of yourself that you didn't give to your husband is split again, and again, and again. 
However, thanks to your mega-mind, it is easy for you, as a mom, to juggle the lives and necessities of three other people, plus the family pet!  At all times, you know what size clothing each person in the house is in, what they have enough of and what they need more of.  You know what foods each person does and does not like, and how to fix something that is nutritious as well as pleasing!  You, mother with the mega-mind, always know who's had what vaccines, when the next one is due, what the kids reactions are to that and what different signals mean that your child may be getting sick.  You know when your husband needs to get out of the house, when he needs more sleep, when he needs...something else, and when HE needs to go to the doctor.  You are the one who house-broke the dog, and you keep track of how many times the dog has been outside to do his business, what signals he gives when he needs to go out, if he needs more dog food, when HIS last vet check-up was, when he last had his nails cut, and you manage to teach him some neat tricks too. 
Yes, Mom, it's a good thing that you have your mega-mind!  Otherwise the constant scheduling and planning and knowing and doing for others would drain your normal brain.  You might not be able to keep track of all the groceries and the grocery shopping, the laundry, the kid's homework, paying the bills and balancing the accounts, cleaning the house, washing the kids, feeding the kids, teaching the kids, running the errands, washing the clothes, letting the dog out and in and out and in, scheduling appointments, and picking up kids from school right in the middle of your day, and always knowing what's on the schedule for the rest of the month.  Thanks to your mega-mind, the constant activity in your brain does not run you down!


Hmmm.  If only that were completely true!  It's a nice thought though!  I do think God wires mothers differently so that we ARE able to constantly keep track of "what's what" in each member of our family. 
Men, on the other hand.  Well.  I won't go there!