The Superhero in all of us

Recently, Indies Unlimited very kindly invited to do an author interview with them and the extremely funny host, Stephen Hise, depicted me as a sort of superhero!  This set me thinking about some of the 'superheroes' that I've known in real life.  I've never met any of the more famous examples, such as Nelson Mandela, but I have met many people who achieve amazing things in their everyday life.  Take, for example, the life of a working mother.  In an average week she may be expected to do all the following:Work overtime in order to meet ever-shortening deadlines Provide healthy, delicious meals for her family Ensure her home is clean and tidy Take her children to numerous clubs, activities and events Be a friend, lover and social companion to her husband Be a friend and counsellor to her fiends Be an active member of her local communityAnd as if this was not enough, she may also feel that she should:Get promotion at work (though this will mean even longer hours) Serve nutritious meals made from scratch out of organic ingredients (though her kids will have to be force-fed them) Have a home that looks like something out of a magazine (and is therefore completely unsuitable for the presence of any small children) Have her children enrolled in numerous after-school activities that include drama, art, music, sport (both indoor and outdoor) and languages (which  means that she spends even less time actually doing things with her children and not just for her children) Look like a supermodel (and therefore has to spend long hours at the hairdressers and gym before and after work and so even less time with her family) Have a wide social circle of fun, clever and successful friends (and therefore she has to keep up with them by being constantly fun, clever and successful herself) Be interviewed by a magazine, newspaper, or TV station about her brilliant work for the causes that she supports (which will turn her into some kind of local celebrity, causing jealously and strife in her community) And finally, whip up gorgeous cakes and imaginative fancy dress costumes out of nothing at 30 minutes notice before leaving the house to go to work!Out of ten, I think I would score very low on all of the above.  However, I think that if you can manage to do just a few of the above in the first list, and not feel pressured to do the things in the second, then you're a superhero and should be praised as such!