LaTigresse
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I don't think I EVER really wanted to be a mother. I never really liked other people's children, hated babysitting, and was sick of being made responsible for my siblings. Then I got pregnant at age 16 and again a year and a half later. Today I am thrilled to be the mother of a 30 year old daughter and 32 year old son. I have four grands. No matter how miserable and hellishly hard you THINK parenting will be, it will be many many times moreso. To be a good parent you will sacrifice more of yourself than you thought existed. You will cry more than you thought possible. Your heart will quite literally hurt at the pain, the agony of watching your kids suffer things you cannot fix. It is also the most wonderful, rewarding, amazing and fulfilling 'job' you may ever have. Your heart will, at times, physically feel like it will burst with love. There is no other love like it. That all being said, I firmly believe there are many people that simply should not attempt to be parents. I've had moments of feeling I was one of those people. Fortunately, my kids feel otherwise. I must have done okay.
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My twisted, self deprecating, sense of humour, finds alot to laugh about, in your lack of one! Just because you are well educated, articulate, and can use big, fancy words, properly........does not mean you are right!
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