This tip brought to you by our Parent Guru Patricia Walters-Fischer
on Dec 31, 2010
There are many things I am greatly anticipating in the coming year, but the thing I am counting the days to see is an epic battle that has been seven books in the making.
Now, some of you may think I'm talking about Harry vs. Voldemort, the duel of good vs. evil, where we finally find out why He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has chased a kid who, even now, wasn't even old enough to purchase cigarettes or alcohol.
No, I'm talking about the ULTIMATE battle of good versus evil, where a lioness is released and we see just how intense a mother's love really is.
Ever since book one of the Harry Potter Series, I've loved the Weasleys and Molly Weasley has always reminded me of the wonderful traits of the perfect mom. She's slightly frazzled at times, maybe a bit unorganized. She's not the most glamorous nor is she ever going to be a size two, but her strength is her fierce love of her family and how intensely she'll fight to defend them.
Even though she makes crazy sweaters, has gnomes in her yard, and constantly has to hold her tongue when it comes to her very mischievious boys, she's a mother and a wife first.
This makes her the perfect mother in my book and she's going up against a woman who has no compassion for family much less anyone else in this world, Bellatrix Lestrange. This follower and second hand nasty of the Dark Lord isn't someone I'd have over for dinner nor would I trust her around any member of my family, even those I wasn't too fond of.
Because of her true foul personality and what she does in the Battle at Hogwarts, I look forward these actions releasing the force that is Molly Weasley.
I expect Molly represents many of us parents who are exhausted, overwhelmed, may be a little unorganized, and probably need to exercise more, but when it counts, when her family needs her, she's there without question, without pause, without concern of failing, because she's a force of ultimate good.
She's a mom, a parent, a wife, a woman with fire.
No one is more fierce than she when defending her family.
