Only mom is necessary, others are handy...though sometimes not.
My best gift to my child is being the best mother I can imagine myself being. I borrow a little from my mom and grandma, a little from a magazine or two, a little from other literature, some things on t.v...I can't ever be all or know all.
One of the most interesting things about being a mother is, I never consider myself otherwise. All of my actions are out of consciousness of being a mother. So, I'd like to list things that make a mother a mother:
- When you don't have time to acknowledge that you're sick because the kids are sick
- When you have to clean up shit AND barf
- When you are starving and tired but you fix your plate last
- When you're poor and starving but you decide you're not hungry so that the kids can eat a good meal
- When you wear the same couple of outfits but the kids have an array of stylish gear
- When your hair is all over but your kid's is finely parted and braided
- When you use your spare change for the darn book fair or book order magazines
- When you learn how to play sports you've never been interested in
- When you spend time at the bookstore with the kids because you don't have enough to purchase, and you owe a lot of library fines (LMFAO)
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others????
