Motherhood
It’s the hardest, most wonderful job in the world.
It’s a job you are working at full time even if you have a 9 – 5 job outside of the home.
A high school drop out and a PhD can sit for hours talking about the joys and sorrows of motherhood.
Being a mother connects us to all other mothers in the world, past, present and future.
It’s both the most alien and familiar state of being a woman will ever feel.
It is impossible to master because each child is different from the next and each age is different and changes occur daily and so must our mothering styles and techniques.
It never ends. Once a mother always a mother. You cannot retire from mothering.
Even on a two week vacation to the islands, you are still a mother.
No mother I know believes they have done an excellent job as a mother. Most are willing to relate anecdotal evidence of past mistakes to back up their claim.
Most children love their mothers; even the mothers that by society’s standards aren’t that hot.
Still, mothers struggle with guilt and worries; are they too lenient? Too harsh? Too demanding? Not demanding enough?
The list goes on.
I’m hoping that all the mothers in the world will do something extra nice for themselves this weekend. Pat themselves on their own backs and ease up on their expectations for themselves.
99 percent of all mothers are doing a wonderful job and the other one percent does not visit my blog.
To all women; those in active combat with a couple of toddlers; those experiencing adversarial motherhood as their children are growing up and challenging parental wisdom; those women who are pet mothers: feeding, cleaning and caring for furry children;
To the mothers who have grown children but are now mothering their children’s children; the single aunts that take the time to visit and play with their nieces and nephews; the mothers-to-be who are donating their own bodies as flesh and blood cribs while they wait for the birth.
Happy Mother’s Day to everyone of you!
It’s the hardest, most wonderful job in the world.
It’s a job you are working at full time even if you have a 9 – 5 job outside of the home.
A high school drop out and a PhD can sit for hours talking about the joys and sorrows of motherhood.
Being a mother connects us to all other mothers in the world, past, present and future.
It’s both the most alien and familiar state of being a woman will ever feel.
It is impossible to master because each child is different from the next and each age is different and changes occur daily and so must our mothering styles and techniques.
It never ends. Once a mother always a mother. You cannot retire from mothering.
Even on a two week vacation to the islands, you are still a mother.
No mother I know believes they have done an excellent job as a mother. Most are willing to relate anecdotal evidence of past mistakes to back up their claim.
Most children love their mothers; even the mothers that by society’s standards aren’t that hot.
Still, mothers struggle with guilt and worries; are they too lenient? Too harsh? Too demanding? Not demanding enough?
The list goes on.
I’m hoping that all the mothers in the world will do something extra nice for themselves this weekend. Pat themselves on their own backs and ease up on their expectations for themselves.
99 percent of all mothers are doing a wonderful job and the other one percent does not visit my blog.
To all women; those in active combat with a couple of toddlers; those experiencing adversarial motherhood as their children are growing up and challenging parental wisdom; those women who are pet mothers: feeding, cleaning and caring for furry children;
To the mothers who have grown children but are now mothering their children’s children; the single aunts that take the time to visit and play with their nieces and nephews; the mothers-to-be who are donating their own bodies as flesh and blood cribs while they wait for the birth.
Happy Mother’s Day to everyone of you!
posted by mary bishop | 12:11 PM
4 Comments:
Happy mama's day MMM!! I hope you do something wonderful; I'm fully intending to and planning on it!!
While I do believe what you've written, I find it hard to buy in the face of my own mom, as sad as that is to say.
Doc - I don't think even women give themselves enough credit for being mothers...Happy Mother's Day to Mrs. NOS!!
AMK -- You were unlucky in moms, but lucky in little girls and husbands.
And best part is, you learned to be a better mother by not doing what was done to you. hugs to a wonderful mom!
Happy Mother's Day! : )
Thanks Sangroncito and Irina! I had a great day.
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