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If stay-at-home moms claim to be busy all the time, they should try giving the working mom role a trysies.
Scratch that. The working mom who also struggles to keep her own identity. The working mom who also tries to better HERSELF for her FAMILY while also trying to make a better life for her CHILD. This shit it enough to make someone break down.
Which is what I feel like I'm in the middle of doing right now.
That isn't to say that stay-at-home moms don't stay busy. I have no doubt that they do. I get a glimpse of what they do when I have my child all to myself for a whole weekend. We are nonstop. And the whole advice you get when they're newborn, the "Sleep when she sleeps!" thing? Yeah, that still applies when they're coming-8-months-old.
And then, add in the fact that I'm a working mom who is struggling to keep her own identity while also trying to make it so her child can have a better life - then add that for a couple weeks every month I'm a single mom. If I'm really lucky, he gets to leave twice in one month for two weeks at a time. If I'm SUPER DUPER LUCKY, he goes overseas for 3-4 weeks.
This shit's not easy folks. Don't ever let anyone tell you that being a mom is easy. It is trying. It is nerve-wracking. And sometimes, you just want to send them back where they came from.
But then, there's nothing better than hearing your baby laugh.
Scratch that. The working mom who also struggles to keep her own identity. The working mom who also tries to better HERSELF for her FAMILY while also trying to make a better life for her CHILD. This shit it enough to make someone break down.
Which is what I feel like I'm in the middle of doing right now.
That isn't to say that stay-at-home moms don't stay busy. I have no doubt that they do. I get a glimpse of what they do when I have my child all to myself for a whole weekend. We are nonstop. And the whole advice you get when they're newborn, the "Sleep when she sleeps!" thing? Yeah, that still applies when they're coming-8-months-old.
And then, add in the fact that I'm a working mom who is struggling to keep her own identity while also trying to make it so her child can have a better life - then add that for a couple weeks every month I'm a single mom. If I'm really lucky, he gets to leave twice in one month for two weeks at a time. If I'm SUPER DUPER LUCKY, he goes overseas for 3-4 weeks.
This shit's not easy folks. Don't ever let anyone tell you that being a mom is easy. It is trying. It is nerve-wracking. And sometimes, you just want to send them back where they came from.
But then, there's nothing better than hearing your baby laugh.