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| Our KnutselMuur or craft wall in the dining/living room |
It really irritates me when mommies use these cliches. I am sure it could be true for some, but come on, be real, of course life doesn't begin when you have kids. Hopefully you had a life before kids. Hopefully you have lived and gained valuable experiences that you can share with your kids.
So I honestly asked myself the question (as I climbed down from my soap box): Do I remember what life was like before motherhood? Heck yeah I remember:
- Lying in bed until I felt like getting up
- Making last minute plans to meet my girlfriends
- Having girlfriends and having plans
- My waist and having to wear a belt to hold my pants up
- Wearing normal pants and not having to wear yoga pants and circus tents
- Brushing my hair
- Shaving my legs
- Painted toenails (being able to see my toenails!)
- Hangovers
- Money
- Yelling "shit" when I stub my toe
- Not having to give a narration of my bowl movements
- Taking a shower alone (or better yet taking a shower with just Baby Daddy, but thats how we got snot noses in first place so maybe not good idea)
- Watching TV/Movies that would make Walt Disney blush
- Reading, Reading, Reading (books that would make Seuss "Hop on Pop")
- Conversations about politics, movies,and other superficial things
- Ahhhh, being superficial!
- Fertility problems and the fear of never having snot noses
- The life long dream to have a family
- The hole in my life until I pooped out the first snot nose
Hmmm..sorry, have to agree with Charlize ;) I feel the same way, too. Doesn't mean I don't think fondly about Life Before, but I guess after waiting and struggling so many years to have a family and barely surviving the adoption process 2 times, all of those things are a bit harder to remember.
ReplyDeleteHi Kerry, I had major fertility problems and was told i would never have babies. So the last years of my Life Before were difficult so i totally understand you : ) But i still long for a weekend just lying around : )
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