To this day I have no idea how my mom managed as a military spouse with 5 kids, and being a Family Care Provider of 6 kids during the day. I can barely manage 2 as a single parent, and promptly clock out when my kids fall asleep. "Mommy who at 10pm?" However, what prompted further understanding of a mother's world and mind was derived from a book I read this past week; Please Look After Mom . It is a phenomenal book, where the mom becomes lost in a subway station, and her children begin to really think about her role as a mother, and realize that she too had a life and thoughts beyond that role. At one point in the book, prior to the mom missing, one of the daughters questioned whether or not their mom liked being in the kitchen. All day they would see her preparing meals, and never thought about whether she liked it or not. However, the response of the mother was that it was something that had to be done. As parents, we just do things that have ...
Life is too simple, to be played so hard.