Motherhood for Truthful Women

Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Family Relationships, Motherhood, Parenting
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Author: Sally Brenden ISBN: 9780989891868
Publisher: Sally Brenden Publication: March 24, 2014
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Sally Brenden
ISBN: 9780989891868
Publisher: Sally Brenden
Publication: March 24, 2014
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

Not all that many decades ago, I left my professional job and became a stay-at-home Mommy for six years during what I call “Lambing Season”. My son, Matt, was two years old at the time. Chad was added two years later and Stefanie two years after that, with my returning to the professional world part-time when Stefanie was two.

I went from excellence in managing people and millions of dollars to the baffling world of wee ones, one of whom would be diagnosed with autism. Added to the twist was my husband working evenings so I did a lot of “single parenting”.

I was a loving Mommy but I was an absolute “flop” at everything else related to “homemaking”.

What is a mother to do?

The way I saw it, I had two options: one was to laugh and pray; the other was to lament and beat myself up.

I chose to embrace my deficiencies and in so doing, discovered a strange but noble calling – that of making other women feel normal, nay superior.

Lambing Season is over for me, but perhaps yours is just beginning or you find yourself in the thick of the fray. I hope that these stories, written during rare moments of tranquility, will help you realize that any woman who acts as though she and her kids are perfect is lying through her teeth. And any woman who throws away her one crazy wonderful life on keeping her house spotless, should have her head examined.

Hang on for dear life! Pray like everything depends on it (which it does)! Celebrate your imperfections, for there is no way they can be as bad as mine.

By the way, I think you’re a great Mom just as you are! Take my words for it.

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Not all that many decades ago, I left my professional job and became a stay-at-home Mommy for six years during what I call “Lambing Season”. My son, Matt, was two years old at the time. Chad was added two years later and Stefanie two years after that, with my returning to the professional world part-time when Stefanie was two.

I went from excellence in managing people and millions of dollars to the baffling world of wee ones, one of whom would be diagnosed with autism. Added to the twist was my husband working evenings so I did a lot of “single parenting”.

I was a loving Mommy but I was an absolute “flop” at everything else related to “homemaking”.

What is a mother to do?

The way I saw it, I had two options: one was to laugh and pray; the other was to lament and beat myself up.

I chose to embrace my deficiencies and in so doing, discovered a strange but noble calling – that of making other women feel normal, nay superior.

Lambing Season is over for me, but perhaps yours is just beginning or you find yourself in the thick of the fray. I hope that these stories, written during rare moments of tranquility, will help you realize that any woman who acts as though she and her kids are perfect is lying through her teeth. And any woman who throws away her one crazy wonderful life on keeping her house spotless, should have her head examined.

Hang on for dear life! Pray like everything depends on it (which it does)! Celebrate your imperfections, for there is no way they can be as bad as mine.

By the way, I think you’re a great Mom just as you are! Take my words for it.

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