Commercials lied to me when I was a kid.
The Peace Corps isn't the toughest job you'll ever love;
It's being a mom.
When I worked as a secretary at the University of Florida, I met and became friends with several former Peace Corps members.
They got all kinds of praise and glory for their hard work helping the unfortunate and getting paid so little for it.
Of course, they were all getting master's and doctorate degrees so soon would be having high-paying, highfalutin jobs to go along with all of that glory and praise.
But when it comes to being a mom,
There's no pay and no glory.
But that is what being a mom is all about, Charlie Brown;
It is all about sacrifice, sacrifice, SACRIFICE.
You give it your all or you shouldn't even try it at all.
You fuck up all the time,
But you learn from your mistakes and try harder next time not to do it again.
You are their caretaker,
Their mentor,
Their disciplinarian.
You are sometimes the bad guy but for their own good and development.
It hurts like hell, but you do it anyway because that is what motherhood is all about,
It's not about you,
But all about your kid.
It's about never getting 8 hours of sleep in a row ever again,
So you are tired all the time always because you never stop moving and because you never stop worrying about what bad thing could happen to them, and how awful the world is now and will it be even worse for them when they grow up????????
It's about not showering for days because there is never the time or opportunity.
It's about suddenly building really big biceps even though working out for decades barely made a dent in their development because you now are never not holding your kid or carrying your kid somewhere or moving them from here to there.
You will never work out more in your life than when you have a kid.
It's about getting really good with only using one hand because, once again, you are never not holding your kid, because they demand it and they are just so damn cute and lovable, you obey.
It's about never sitting down and having a warm meal ever again.
It's about never having a neat and tidy house ever again because there are toys and baby things everywhere.
It's about developing a very strong bladder and colon because you never have time to use the bathroom ever again.
It's about letting go of your unfulfilled dreams so you can make room to help your kid's dreams come true.
It is about unconditional love, warm snuggles, and toothless grins that make your heart melt.
It's about experiencing a love like you've never experienced before,
Wondering if this magical, wonderful spell will ever end because you couldn't imagine your life without it now.
Once again,
It is about sacrifice,
Sacrifice,
Sacrifice,
For the greater good.
Not for you,
But for your kid.
Motherhood,
We women were told by the feminists that it should be a thing of our past,
That a career is where our true hearts and passions are.
The feminists were evil, jealous liars.
Careers are only killers for kids.
Motherhood is where our destinies are truly at,
Because motherhood is the toughest job we will ever love.
Motherhood is a part of our hearts.
Motherhood is part of our souls.
But we forgot about it long ago.
I'm so glad that I woke up from that nightmare.
Motherhood was always my true destiny,
And it is so many women's true destiny too.
It's time we sacrificed again for our kid's sake instead of only ever for our own.
originally created 12/2/2023
