Posted by: Betty-boop
A look at Motherhood - 05/10/04 07:02 AM
Someone sent this to me, and I thought it was very appropriate. Hope you enjoy!!
Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after
you've had a baby. . .somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother,
normal is history.
Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct. . .somebody
never took a three-year-old shopping.
Somebody said being a mother is boring. . somebody never rode in a
car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.
Somebody said if you're a "good" mother, your child will "turn out
good". . . somebody thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.
Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices. . .somebody
never came out the back door just in time to see her child hit a golf ball
through the neighbor's kitchen window.
Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother. . .somebody
never helped a fourth grader with his math.
Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the
first. . .somebody doesn't have five children.
Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her child-rearing
questions in the books. . somebody never had a child stuff beans up
his nose or in his ears.
Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labor and
delivery. .somebody never watched her "baby" get on the bus for the
first day of kindergarten...or on a plane headed for military "boot
camp."
Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one
hand tied behind her back. . .somebody never organized seven giggling
Brownies to sell cookies.
Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets
married. . .somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or
daughter-in-law to a mother's heartstrings.
Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home. .
somebody never had grandchildren.
Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to
tell her. . .somebody isn't a mother.
Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after
you've had a baby. . .somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother,
normal is history.
Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct. . .somebody
never took a three-year-old shopping.
Somebody said being a mother is boring. . somebody never rode in a
car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.
Somebody said if you're a "good" mother, your child will "turn out
good". . . somebody thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.
Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices. . .somebody
never came out the back door just in time to see her child hit a golf ball
through the neighbor's kitchen window.
Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother. . .somebody
never helped a fourth grader with his math.
Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the
first. . .somebody doesn't have five children.
Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her child-rearing
questions in the books. . somebody never had a child stuff beans up
his nose or in his ears.
Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labor and
delivery. .somebody never watched her "baby" get on the bus for the
first day of kindergarten...or on a plane headed for military "boot
camp."
Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one
hand tied behind her back. . .somebody never organized seven giggling
Brownies to sell cookies.
Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets
married. . .somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or
daughter-in-law to a mother's heartstrings.
Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home. .
somebody never had grandchildren.
Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to
tell her. . .somebody isn't a mother.