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Life & Events > Relationships > Somebody Isn't a Mother
 

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 had to watch while her child ride his first bull.


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 hitting the baseball through the neighbors 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 four 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.

posted on Apr 8, 2008 9:04 AM ()

Comments:

So very, very true. Lovely article Angie!
comment by artisticgypsy on Apr 10, 2008 5:51 AM ()
Very wise words, Angie. I still distinctly remember sticking a bean up my nose when I was only three or four. It's funny these things you remember. However, I don't remember that my parents had to bring me to the hospital to get it dislodged.
comment by mellowdee on Apr 9, 2008 8:58 AM ()
Okay, this is making me cry.In a good way.
comment by janetk on Apr 9, 2008 6:43 AM ()
The best thing about having children is one day if you're lucky
they'll give you grandkids--that is one special bond!
comment by susil on Apr 9, 2008 6:20 AM ()
Fathers too, but that's another story.
comment by solitaire on Apr 9, 2008 5:34 AM ()
Those were all great! Thanks for posting this. My son and I had a talk today...he is thinking of joining the military...oh boy...as a mother, that tugs on my heartstrings.
comment by hopefields on Apr 8, 2008 10:41 PM ()
"Somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a mother's heartstrings." This one really struck home for me right now. My Mom really loved my husband and I know how much this hurts her too. I was that "somebody" for a lot of these. I thought I left my directions at the hospital! Great pics as always!
comment by frogfenatic on Apr 8, 2008 10:29 PM ()
comment by marta on Apr 8, 2008 9:05 PM ()
Loved this post! I guess it's true... someone isn't a mother! Actually, I've never been, but... isn't it common sense to know how hard it is to be a mom?
comment by sunlight on Apr 8, 2008 8:23 PM ()
I *loved* this.
comment by walkwithgrace on Apr 8, 2008 8:07 PM ()
Great finding the pictures, I know all too well!
comment by anacoana on Apr 8, 2008 4:55 PM ()
I've read this before, but it always good to read it again...and the pictures just make it..
comment by elfie33 on Apr 8, 2008 4:11 PM ()
Good post I look forward to Lynnies comment
comment by augusta on Apr 8, 2008 11:22 AM ()
Really like this post, so true! Thanks for sharing it.
comment by anacoana on Apr 8, 2008 11:03 AM ()
Really cute pics Angie
comment by docrock on Apr 8, 2008 11:01 AM ()
this is great angie! so true! my life will never be normal and I kind of like it that way.
comment by elkhound on Apr 8, 2008 10:34 AM ()
This is wonderful and so true. There is no rule book. The advice I give is that the first one is an experiment -- you worry about everything, every sniffle. The second one you're a lot more laid back about. I'm sure by the fifth (like my brother and sister in law) I'd be VERY laid back.
comment by teacherwoman on Apr 8, 2008 10:06 AM ()
I liked this alot even though I am not a mother. All these reasons are just part of the main reasons I am so super hesitant to even consider children!
comment by kristilyn3 on Apr 8, 2008 10:01 AM ()
WOW! This is right on the money! Somebody knows all too well what it means to be a parent!
The good news is, after all that comes grandparent-hood! Somebody once told me that grandchildren are our reward for not killing our own children. I agree 10000000%
comment by hayduke on Apr 8, 2008 9:26 AM ()

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