By ETHAN CRANE – Viewpoints Writer
Lorinda’s life lessons in regard to managing time, stress and commitments are transferred to her son as guidelines for the future.
Motherhood: the planet’s most intense job. My mom, despite working full time for three companies, still excels at her most difficult one: being a mother.
Lorinda Crane works as the Chief Financial Officer of two catering companies, Epting Events and Center Stage Catering, as well as for Harry’s – a barbecue restaurant. All three are interconnected, but all together they provide a large workload.
At work, focusing primarily on accounting, my mom has to run back and forth between several banks and different offices located all across Athens every day. Then, with the addition of myself and my 10-year old sister, Emma, and our busy schedules, she is always driving us around.
She’s constantly on her feet.
Each day, she pushes every member of our family to get ready quickly so that we can make it to school or work on time. She believes in punctuality and feels it is important for us to always be on time.
Even though she is kept busy by her job and our family, my mom finds the time to stick to her beliefs. Nearly every night, she takes the time to cook a full dinner and insists that we sit down and eat together as a family.
I remember asking my mother why we ate as a family every day when I was younger. Her response was “that’s just the way we do it.” While I often thought nothing of this time and its value, I have recently come to appreciate it.
On top of work, her children and home life, my mom also manages to maintain her hobbies. She finds time to attend some sort of exercise class at least once a week, be it pilates, zumba, spin or bellydance.
As my life becomes increasingly busier and I have to learn to balance school, extracurriculars and a social life, I find I can rely on my mom for help or advice. She is the queen of time management. Her organization and ability to focus serve as her keys to success and as guidelines on which I can act in my own future.
My mother’s eagerness to help and willingness to put others first only contribute to her character. Her love of humor can bring a smile to anyone’s face in any situation and livens up a room. Whether she is instructing my sister and I in goofy voices or entertaining us with her version of the “Gangnam Style” dance, she is always the life of our familiar party.
I believe that her love of humor serves as a remedy for stress both for herself and for our family. Even though my parents, my sister and I may have a million things to do, I know that we all feel better after taking a minute to laugh.
Growing up with my mother has taught me many life lessons that I know will serve me well in life. While everyone may say that moms do it all, I know that my mother truly fulfills this statement.
