my mom, grandmother & great-grandmother. 1955ish.
One of the first things my mom said to me after I announced I was pregnant was, “I’m so glad you’re going to be a mother!” And she said it like she had been waiting and waiting for me to be in this secret club with her. That now, finally, I was going to understand something new and exciting that she’d loved for years! Like she was standing in the Motherhood camp while I wandered oblivious outside of it!
And I was kind of offended. I had spent the last seven years of my life working with kids and families. I knew what parenting entailed! Just because I wasn’t a mother didn’t mean I didn’t understand kids and moms! So there!
{read my full post at Motherhood…Your Way!}