- 1 a female parent
b (1): a woman in authority; specifically : the superior of a religious community of women
(2): an old or elderly woman
2: source, origin mother of invention> 3: maternal tenderness or affection4[short for motherf***er] sometimes vulgar : motherf***er
.......and those that know me will agree I fit all of those descriptions. But if we just dwell on #1 - female parent - then I guess I am best described as the dreaded terrible WORKING Mother. The Mother who sent her baby off to daycare before it was the fashionable thing to do. The Mother of the Poor little Latch-key child. Other Mothers stayed home all day and.......and well they did whatever they did all day while their child was at school. I suppose those Mothers were home baking and sewing wonderful clothes for them to wear and redecorating their homes with hand-made creations that would make Martha Stewart green with envy.
Did working make me less of a good Mother than those stay-at-home super Moms? Not a chance in hell people. I'll stack my ability up against any other Mother. I worked my butt off to give my daughter every opportunity that came her way. She had a chance to try anything and yes I loved that we spoiled her. So how is it she turned out so well? You can spoil a child silly without making them SPOILED. They can be the center of your universe without having them grow up thinking the universe revolves around them.
It depends on how much of a Mother you really are. I originally posted this in 2008 - but it is still true.....
.......and those that know me will agree I fit all of those descriptions. But if we just dwell on #1 - female parent - then I guess I am best described as the dreaded terrible WORKING Mother. The Mother who sent her baby off to daycare before it was the fashionable thing to do. The Mother of the Poor little Latch-key child. Other Mothers stayed home all day and.......and well they did whatever they did all day while their child was at school. I suppose those Mothers were home baking and sewing wonderful clothes for them to wear and redecorating their homes with hand-made creations that would make Martha Stewart green with envy.
Did working make me less of a good Mother than those stay-at-home super Moms? Not a chance in hell people. I'll stack my ability up against any other Mother. I worked my butt off to give my daughter every opportunity that came her way. She had a chance to try anything and yes I loved that we spoiled her. So how is it she turned out so well? You can spoil a child silly without making them SPOILED. They can be the center of your universe without having them grow up thinking the universe revolves around them.
It depends on how much of a Mother you really are. I originally posted this in 2008 - but it is still true.....
Hell, yeah, Mom!! Awesome blog! I've been thinking about doing a blog about mothers, myself. I'm SO lucky to have my mom, you, my mother-in-law, and my step-mother-in-law. I feel the need to brag about my wealth of mothers. :)
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you forgot about all the sewing and crafting you did on the weekends! remember the matching clothes for me and my Barbies? I love that you spoiled me mom, yet I still know the satasfaction of a hard days work, and working for what you want. And working hard for it. Your the best mom I know, have been for a long time now, and many would agree! Rock on mom!
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oh and I was thinking, all mothers, and parents in general, spoil their kids somehow, in their own way. you can't get around it really. plus its all subjective. one persons idea of "spoiling" isn't to someone else. isn't that the beauty of all these different opinions and points of view. perhaps I need a disclaimer here!
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