Children Still Ask Why-Questions
I have been asked multiple times by my daughters how I handled so many little children so close together with a husband who wasn't in the harness with me (at least he wasn't trying to drive the wagon-or there would have been an upsot cart. This question has been answered with several shrugs of the shoulders, I don't knows, and there was no other choice. Upon deeper reflection I have a more complete understanding and explanation. I recall a day, as a young mother, when I had to stop myself in all my frustrations and heavy distractions from what I wanted to do (read a book) and needed to do (housework, cook, work a mighty miracle with the budget, etc) and say, "I am the mother and right now I can't be a cook, accountant, housekeeper or indulge my desires to read and learn. Motherhood is my most important and greatest responsibility. "It-mothering- comes first; above what I want, above what I think I need, above my relationship with my husband because, one day th...