Mother’s Day that special day each year set aside to celebrate
Mom for being there and taking care of you and giving support, for me BecomingJayne
it is a time to reflect on being a mother.
Being a mom has been very satisfying; raising my three
boys, being present in their lives is my greatest accomplishment. I would do
again in a heartbeat. I know it is “learn as go” type of job, but I feel I have
and I am continuing to do the best job I can.
I am very proud of all of them. And they continue to amaze me with their
wit, intellect, interests and talents.
One word I would use today to describe motherhood would be
sacrifice. Women give up a lot to be moms, time, appearance, finances, ice
cream cones and sleep. As I look back
over the last five years, since I became a single mother and chose to end my
marriage to their father, I did it for my boys. I suppose that seems a bit opposite
to most belief systems that children would be better off without their father
in home, but it was what I needed to do.
And as a result, I was able to be the mother I wanted to be, take them
on trips, laugh and be silly with them if I wanted, even share the latest book
we have been reading. I feel I gave them a stress free environment in which, they
could flourish and grow without criticism. At this five year mark, I feel they
are well adjusted, healthy happy young men. And that makes my Mother’s Day very
happy.
Becomingjayne…….being a mom.
