Susan Thom

Who Is A Real Warrior Princess


Posted: Wednesday, February 13, 2008

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Who is a real Warrior Princess? Do you think she is mean and vindictive and heartless and cruel? Or is she determined and focused and in touch with life and it's expectations? Does the truth she believes in, power her through the steps it takes to create order? Is she afraid to fight for what she knows is right? Of course not. She was taught to believe in honesty and honor and doing the right thing. She knows what that means. She's not afraid of pain, either emotional or physical, she's been through both. She knows that with the grace and guidance of her God, she will persevere until wrongs are righted and there is peace.

Her power has always come from her knowledge of who she was and what she stood for, even though many had opposing feelings. It never mattered to her, she believed what she was taught and what she had experienced through her journey through life. Her mother was a great woman in her own right, and knew what the soul wanted her daughter to hear. She put those words into her daughters mind, heart, and soul, knowing she would need certain sayings to guide her through her life. "Don't bite off your nose to spite your face," "Just do it," "The devil made you do that," "Good things come to those who wait," "God's going to get you for that." "Do it, get it over with, and you'll be done." "This too shall pass." "God never gives you more than you can handle." "God sees you."

When it was time for the Warrior Princess to set out on her own, she brought with her all her mother's warnings. Some she heeded, others, the ones that got her in trouble, she did not. She started learning first hand that everything her mother had ever said was true, but experiencing it was more painful than she had given these "tidbits" credit for as she tried to erase them from her mind. They were permanent. The restrictions that she so wanted to get far away from, soon became her model for her life. It didn't take her long to realize she wanted a more honest, less damaging lifestyle. Of course, she also knew if she had listened to her mother, there would have been less pain, shame, and heartache in her life.

She became independent, got a good job, went to work everyday, got her own place, paid her bills, had extra money, and was materialistically making it. Nothing, however, seemed to be meshing the way she had hoped. Life on the outside of home and Hearth isn't always all that we anticipated. Sitting on the couch watching TV with mom and dad didn't seem too bad anymore. Years went by, she worked steadily, had a good income, more than her father made. She met someone, they got married, had three kids, and then, her real work started, and again, she was in no way prepared for the amount of work taking care of a baby entails.

A tiny little being is placed in your arms, and it is immediately your job to take care of them, play with them, teach them, guide them, discipline them, and enjoy them. Dress them, change them, bathe them, feed them, burp them, hold them, rock them, it is endless. At least at her job she could punch out and have several hours until she had to be back on duty. With a baby, there is no "duty", just twenty four hours a day of enjoying what you have created, and going through the motions, no matter how hard, and how tired you get. There were many times she didn't sleep for days. A second, and third came around the bend, and the amount of work for the next ten years or so, was more than she could ever fathom, never having had kids and a home to manage.

She not only handled all on her own, she handled it well. Her children were happy and growing and she was doing something she truly enjoyed. All too fast, pre school trips back and forth with one, then two, then three kids, was over. They were finally all on the bus. They could tie their shoes, put their hats and gloves on, get dressed themselves, brush their teeth, comb their hair, she had taught them well. They always looked nice going to school. Wal Mart wasn't around then, but K Mart was her best friend. Everything was so much cheaper than anywhere else, so that's where the wardrobe and sneakers and sandals and things for the house came from. The more money she could save for her family, the better.

Before she could blink an eye, two were out on their own, and the baby was waiting to get their license. How it happened so fast was a mystery, but now, there is a new way to life. Grown kids, grandchildren waiting to see her, a home that is easier to take care of, adult conversations with her children, a good relationship with her partner, so much more free time to finally be herself. Half the stress of her earlier life, and twice the enjoyment. She is Blessed, and she realizes that fact every day. She is glad she is a Warrior Princess, it has given her the strength when she needed it, and she continues to get strength from her heritage.

She will never have a retirement date, or any other material benefits for all the hard time and work she put into her life, but she will always have what nothing can replace, her children and a loving relationship.



Susan Thom is the mother of three children, two sons, 20 and 23, and a daughter 25. Her older son is in the air force in Germany right now, and her daughter is in the army in Tacoma, Washington.

Writing calms her, and gives her a place to go by herself! Clears the head and gets it out. She lives in a rural area, with a lake and mountains, and her partner, and has loved writing since she was a child.

She has been on a journey of self discovery for twenty years, and has learned many things about the human mind, and how to maintain some semblance of calm and peace within.

If someone reads one of her stories, and relates to her feelings, and gets a suggestion on how she dealt with them in a positive way, that would be the ultimate gift of her writing.

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