It feels like you're really officially, really truly a mother when you have two kids. One kid you're a mother for sure but two takes it to another level.So for the last three and a half years, I haven't really officially, really truly been a mother. Damn it! I knew I could have kept going out to bars and following bands around the country, since, you know, my only child doesn't count as far as me being a full-time MOTHER.
Sheesh. Still, even though I agree with writer April Daniels that Alba's comment borders on the insensitive — after all, what does that say about women who want more than one child, but for one reason or another, can't? — I'll chalk it up to the idea that she's just ecstatic about her new family addition and wasn't intending on sounding like a high and mighty bitch.
As for me, yeah, I definitely identify myself really, officially, and truly as a mother. My only child and I are practically attached at the hip; of the approximately 95 hours he's awake each week, we're together for probably 89 of those hours. (I've gotten six hours "free" because of preschool, which will be upped to nine come September — yahoo!) In my case, there's no escaping the fact that I am a mother.
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