Somebody once said that it takes about 6 weeks to get back to normal after you've had your baby.

That somebody doesn't know that once you are a mother that "Normal" is history.

Somebody said you learn to be a mother by instinct.

That person never took a 3 year old shopping.

Somebody said that being a mother is boring.

That person never rode in the car with a teenager with a drivers permit.

Somebody said if you are a "Good" mother your kids will "Turn out good"

That somebody thinks that kids come with directions and a guarantee.

Somebody said a "Good" mother never raises her voice.

That somebody never came out the back door just in time to see her child hit a golf ball through the nieghbors kitchen window.

Somebody said that you don't need an eduaction to be a mother.

That somebody never helped a fourth grader do their math.

Somebody said that you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the first.

That somebody doesn't have five children.

Somebody said that a mother can find all the answers to her child-rearing questions in the books.

That somebody never had a child who stuff beans up his nose or in his ears.

Somebody said that the hardest part of being a mother is labor and delivery.

That somebody never watched her "baby" get on the bus for the first day of kindergarden, 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.

That somebody never organized four giggling Brownies to sell cookies.

Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets married.

That 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.

That somebody never had grandchildren.

Somebody said your mother knows that you love her, so you don't have to tell her.

That somebody isn't a mother.

 

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melil...
Jul. 10, 2007 at 11:14 AM aw yap yap luv it sooo true

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