Good Mother/Bad Mother
Sep 16th, 2008 by Alicia
On the one hand, there’s a little voice telling me all the things I should be doing and all the ways I am rotten, rotten, rotten.
A good mother would have gotten to history today instead of just looking through the book and leaving it for the baby to attack.
A good mother would have done more math drills with the girls.
A good mother would have followed up on that Zebra letter of the day page with Jack.
A good mother would have done a craft. Messy, at that.
A good mother would certainly have this place looking better. The beds would be made, surfaces clear, darling decorations would abound and she’d be ready for 30 guests to stop by for tea. Or at least she wouldn’t be embarrassed for the UPS guy to see the porch.
On the other hand…
I managed to put together a pretty good, quite healthy supper when all I wanted to do was eat chips and surf other people’s blogs.
I snuggled with a sad boy who felt unloved even though he was showing it by being mean to the cat and his sisters (and firmly defended said cat and sisters).
I read two chapters of Mrs. Piggle Wiggle when it wasn’t even bedtime.
I exercised side by side with Victoria while watching The Biggest Loser (Families) because we agreed that with a show like that it wouldn’t be right to just lie on the couch to watch it.
I tended wounds, sang lullabies and acted really silly lots of times.
We’ll get to the history and math and lapbooks. A good mother knows when to eat ice cream and let up on herself too. 
A good mother is where she needs to be at the moment. I’m pretty sure you passed that test. :o)
Sounds to me like you DIDN’T do the things that many are hired to do, but you DID do the things that were good for your heart and theirs.
You are far, far from rotten.
PS. Have you SEEN the inside of a UPS truck?! Yuh. Talk about a mess…piled wall to wall and ceiling high with stuff and he/she doesn’t even know what any of it is!! And you think YOU should be embarassed?! LOL! ;o)