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Originally Posted by Cha Cha  When I was a little girl all I wanted to do when I grew up was be a mom. The mom I never had. Funny that THAT is not a "real" profession, LOL, yet it's one of the hardest and most important jobs there is as echoed throughout this thread. I think it's very responsible when people to recognize that and don't give in to society's pressures. The attitudes of our youth might look quite differently if people took having kids more seriously, like a "real" job. I did go to school, but still married young and started my family young. I consider the job I did raising my girls a dream fulfilling accomplishment. I'm not raising grandkids, I'm still married to the original guy (26 years), and I am still young enough (mid 40's) to do anything "childfree" I wish to do at my age. To us, it is our friends our age with young kids that are tied down while we have our freedom (except for those silly dogs again). LOL... Just another side to this discussion.  |
I honestly and wholeheartedly believe that being a Mom is one of THE hardest, most demanding, and most selfless jobs in the entire world...x10! I'm not even a skin-kid Mom, yet I completely know this/feel this. I honestly think it would've just been too much for me - that I couldn't have handled it in the way I would've hoped I could. It's just *such* a big job. And I also really think that no matter how much most hubbies help out, it's almost always the Mom who is the nucleus and bears the most of the responsibilities (and I think it's the same w/ fur kids too - I'm the one, by far, who is way more responsible for the dogs and their health etc as compared to my hubby.
You sound like you are such an awesome Mom! I wish I'd had a Mom like you growing up
. I feel like I missed out on soooo much love and so much foundation and so much self esteem with the parents I was dealt in life. Your kids are sure lucky.