I Can't Beat My Mother

Last time, I participated in the first Parenting Positive Campaign organized by Chiaki Kanda.
Since the second one is being held, I would like to participate in that as well.

The theme this time is 'The wonderful things about my mother'.

Thinking about my mother with this theme, the first thing that came to mind was that she is 'just an amazing person'.
She is a very energetic, cheerful person with leadership and the ability to take action.
I think she loves making people happy and prioritizes others over herself.
Perhaps partly because of that, my mother has many acquaintances, and various people often came to visit our house.
Sometimes we would have dinner together, and as a child, I really enjoyed being played with by those people.

When I was in the lower grades of elementary school, my mother opened a small class at home (it was just something she held once a week for a few children she knew, and she stopped after a few years).
If it stopped there, you might think, 'Well, that happens,' but my mother actually gathered those students and others to form a 'So-and-So Children's Club'.
She would plan trips and various other things, and we would all go out to play (at those times, the men and older boys who often came to visit would help out).

The memory that remains most vividly from those children's club outings is when we rented a minibus or something and went to Tokyo Disneyland.
Even on the bus ride there, I remember my mother holding a microphone like a bus guide, playing various games and getting everyone excited.
Despite that, my mother had no interest in Disneyland at all and would just sit somewhere and rest (back then there were no mobile phones, so I think it also served as a meeting point in case anything happened).
She might not have experienced a single attraction.

This isn't about the children's club, but another thing that left an impression on me was an incident when I was in high school.
One day, we had a session where our grade was to have a guest speaker come and talk to us.
We weren't told anything about the speaker or the content, so when we all gathered and waited for it to start, the person who followed the teacher in was my mother.
I mean, you'd be incredibly surprised, right?
I never imagined that my mother would give a lecture to high school students.
I only vaguely remember the content, but I believe it was something like 'Become a person who is good enough'.
'Good enough' (ii-kagen) can have a negative connotation, but it also means 'the right amount' or 'a good balance.' Let's just say it was a talk about 'becoming a person who can live with a good balance' (Mom, I'm sorry for the hazy memory).
Regardless of the content, I clearly remember her standing confidently in front of about 70 students without any notes or a manuscript.

My goodness, I could never imitate that.
I truly envy this high level of energy, cheerfulness, ability to take action, and leadership.
I think my mother is 'just an amazing' person.
Did this amazingness come across even a little bit?
She is a very amazing and wonderful person.
I hope she continues to live a long and healthy life.