Thankyou for this post. I undervalued my role as a mother myself because I bought into society’s view of mothering being less important than a paid job. I allowed this to affect the standard of mothering I have given to my children because I haven’t been there for them as much as I could be when I was working. I was a good enough mother in society’s eyes but in what I knew I could offer my children as a mother I was failing miserably and feeling guilty because of that. I am changing that. I call too for the remembering of how valuable a mothers role is in building a healthy society.

back to your scheduled programming.

(and, although I’d genuinely like to contribute something to what you’ve said, b/c I find it speaks volumes to me, I can’t come up with anything to add to your words — they’re sufficient. so, all I can really extend is a solid “here, here.”)

Keep going! You’re now on a roll!

You are a mother if you have loved a child. Whether the child is biologically yours, whether it ended before the first trimester was over…if you’ve loved a child as your own and felt protective of it, call yourself a mom.

Neither of these things need a paycheque, nor do they usually come with one, but oh, if only they did.

You bring up questions about writing that I think about myself all the time. A writer is about who you are, even more than what you do. It’s an inner calling that goes beyond profit and opportunities. For that reason there’s a difference between writers and authors.

Although I will say that writers are writers because they write. I know too many “writers” who want not to write, but to have written. It’s an imprtant distinction.

Bravo to the highly educated feminists who stay home and raise their children by the way. The last thing we need is a bunch of ignorant dolts raising the next generation.

That was a wonderfully written, thought provoking post. I don’t have much more to add beyond that.

Thanks for making me think and giving me something to discuss over dinner with my husband.

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