Mums - Pretty in Pink!
As a lover of music and gigs, I watched the recent documentary from Pink on Amazon. It’s called ‘Pink: All I know so far’.
It’s a really great watch, it’s so heart-warming to see a performer love what she does, be so humble and grateful for the team of people around her.
Pink, her husband and children clearly have a really caring, warm, crazy loving relationship. There were some obvious relationship goals watching it! She has two kids, a wee boy and an older daughter.
One thing really struck me.
Pink said one of the best things her own mother had ever said was, that she didn’t know how much fun being a mum was, and watching Pink with her children made her realise how good it could be, and how good Pink was at being a parent.
This to me was the ultimate compliment, and validation, it’s especially sweet when it’s not looked for, but comes your way anyway!
To be honest, it’s one I’ve kinda been lucky enough to have myself. As you’ll probably know I’ve written a lot about the fact that my own Dad died a good few years ago, and whilst he knew my eldest son, he never got to meet my crazy, bonkers and awesome second boy.
You may not know, that my Mum is and always has been, well quiet and unassuming. her compliments have been few and far between.
One of the best things my mum ever said to me…and lets be clear she doesn’t do emotion often, so anything is high praise, anyhoo, she said to me one day…. ‘you’re really good with your boys’. I could’ve cried had I not been who I am. It was one of those moments that I had to process and let sit with me for a wee while. This quite simply, meant the world to me.
My Mum will never know how powerful this was. It really struck me to my core. I’ve just always wanted to do the best by my boys, but to get this feedback from my Mum, was like, wow.
I’ve often thought over the years that I would give anything to have my Dad here for 5 minutes to catch up with him and let him know about our wonderful boys. However that’s not going to happen. When my Mum said what she did, she blew my Dad out of the water and it meant everything to me, I think even more so as she doesn’t do it often.
That’s the lesson, even as a grown up, as a 40 something year old, your folks matter, their voice matters, their opinion matters. Whether you’re an international rock star such as Pink, or not, it doesnae matter, they still have value and Mums and Dads Rock!