Member Blogs

@ GNSD and Giazz - i enjoyed reading your comments and it's always great to connect and feel like others can relate to your experiences.

@ career champion - after reading your response to my post, i began to think that my purpose for writing the piece was not conveyed well. in a nutshell, i am encouraging mothers to be okay in their particular season of parenting,whether you have a toddler, teenager, or grown child. as humans we should always strive to be better and not make excuses, however, we MUST realize that "better" should be relative to ourselves and not based on those around us. thanks for such an insightful comment.

I agree that it is "ideal" to embrace the "ups and downs" of motherhood, but all of us may not be in that place at the same time. We all derive from unique circumstances therefore what may be effortless for you may be a challenge for another. You may have 1 son while another might have 3. You may be a single mother that was never married while another might be a recent widow who's husband was killed overseas. Your lifestyle might be adjusted to the single mother status while another may not have ever envisioned that her anchor of physical support has left the family due to divorce. You may have a well behaved young gentleman, but talk to the mom who has an overly troubled teenager and you will see that perhaps her son was once a mirror of your obedient and well disciplined child.

I am sensing that you could be referring to the "single mom" syndrome may be a temporary excuse for a mother not being a better parent. Moving forward, I can only appreciate the efforts of mothers (and fathers) who parent alone, co-parent or parent with a village. The fact that they are willing to parent at all and attempt to give 100% of their dedication to any child is a wonderful, wonderful strength.