I'm Invisible...(to all Mother's)

[kalogirl]

Thank you for a truly beautiful post.

[gardener34]

Thanks. Being a full time working mom, I often feel pulled in numerous directions all the time. I hope my kids figure out someday, I am just doing my best. As my mother before me raised me to do.

I put it all in perspective one day... I went into a very successful meeting with some VPs a few years ago. After the meeting was over, I went into the washroom and found, that there was a big glop of oatmeal that my baby must have flung, caked onto the top edge of my glasses where I could not see it. No one even mentioned it during the meeting either. I just laughed... you can't be a good mom and be a clean mom.

Great post.

[squiggles]

Thanks for the great post!

What a lovely and touching post. I have only one thing to add, which is to say that the work we do as parents can be seen by and also has an effect on others. I can tell when I meet people whether or not they had good parents. I can tell by their manners, whether or not they listen, how they shake a hand, hug, make eye contact and how they generally treat others, especially children and strangers. I have a friend who seems always to know the right thing to do and say, at the right times, and I have often told him that it's obvious that his mother raised him right. I've never met his mother, she is deceased. But I can see in him that he is very well bred. His mother did a wonderful job raising him with special values. He in turn is a wonderfully caring father, husband, friend, brother and citizen. It all comes full circle. The more we put into it, the more the world gets back.

[Sage of Sagle]

Great post. Please never forget that there are a whole lot of us husbands who support you women who are the freakin' glue that holds our families together. You're not alone...although I know it can feel that way when we're not verbal enough with our support.

[GypsySoul22]

This was a lovely post. I feel the same way most days...grind away, clean up, walk around worrying how I can work outside the home because I have to be the stay at home one (though we can't afford it). Worry about bills and money, yet be expected to keep it all together, do homework with a sulky, tired kid. Boost up husband and listen to his issues.

Wonder if I will ever be a 'person' again...