Finish the line - you know you are a mother when......
...you're out somewhere and you hear a child call out "Mom" and you automatically turn to see if that is your child for a split second.
...you understand and appreciate the quote "No one stands as tall as when he stoops to help a child."
...you freely and willingly put their own needs before yours, even if that means they get the last piece of toast or bowl of Cheerios or warm fuzzy blanket.
...you cringe at bumper stickers like these:
My kid beat up your honor student.
Spending our kid's inheritance.
...after a long day of work, your six-year-old wanders into the kitchen after dinner as you're putting away the last clean dish and informs you that he promised you would bake four dozen cupcakes for a class party tomorrow, so you get in the car and get cupcake mix and cupcake holders and cans of frosting and sprinkles and come back and bake them and frost them and then it's 11:30 before you finally go to bed and then you hear "MOM" coming from his bedroom so you go in and discover he has a 102 temperature and instead of sending him to school the next day you're sitting at the pediatrician's office and then you laugh at all those cupcakes sitting there.
- DoorMattnomoreposted 13 years ago
0AAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or your shoes!!!!!!!
I have lost soooo many shoes this past year....but you smile and proudly think..she looks so grown up!!!
- DoorMattnomoreposted 13 years ago0
err.....that can also happen if you are the wife/partner/spouse of a harry man.
- DoorMattnomoreposted 13 years ago0
Or when you say "good boy" out of habit from burping your son but it was your husband that burped!
... when you tiptoe away from the crib to take a peek even though you couldn't wait until he finally fell asleep!
... you say the very same thing your mom said!
... you scrutinize every friend they bring into the house and say, well, we don't do that at our house.
... when you have to find a new place to hide the treats.
... when you cry little tears at graduation ceremonies.
... when you're standing with your hands on your hips doing the toe tap!
... when you're soon to have your first daughter in law.
That one I have to disagree with-my former sis-in-law had three boys and after she had the third, I had never seen a mother so detatched from her child. She didn't bond with him and still hasn't so giving birth is not a guarantee of being a mother, unfortunately!
...you are no longer bothered by copious amounts of poo or vomit. Even if the child's father still is.
Wry you seem to be having a hard day
Even when you see children suffering and cant take it anymore ... no matter whose..
When your heart melts and even when your head tells you that you might be taken for a ride!
When you see your children( Older) struggling with stuff they cant handle on their own, but unable to open up to you.... they think they are adults.. but you are still the momActually today was a good day - without any poo or vomit for once!
And I've actually got four days off, something which likely won't happen again for at least 2-3 weeks so I'm enjoying the hell out of it!
I cleaned most of my house. I also managed to publish two hubs (on another account) so I feel as if I've achieved something today!
- Kathryn LJposted 13 years ago0
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