tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post4577769188626208281..comments2023-11-02T07:53:45.876-07:00Comments on Girl's Gone Child: Good ParentsGIRL'S GONE CHILDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130764109593048451noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-52326525257767630592007-05-07T11:15:00.000-07:002007-05-07T11:15:00.000-07:00This is a great topic and it needs to be said. I ...This is a great topic and it needs to be said. I just found your blog and I love it.<BR/>I am a good enough mother because my kids turned out fine. Some slightly bent corners, but not too bad.<BR/>I am presently trying to figure out how to be a good enough grandmother -- completely different kettle of fish. <BR/>It's often the bad news that's funny, or preoccupies the poster. And makes us all nod our heads and say 'Yeah, me too!' Which helps to make us a community, hmm?MARY Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178370815712313585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-17029271661225131132007-05-04T16:24:00.000-07:002007-05-04T16:24:00.000-07:00omg. not to be cliche, but these posts are making ...omg. not to be cliche, but these posts are making me look like a bad-you-mo-know-ther-what -- futher confirming my suspicions. thanks. bmc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-23210115896831355492007-05-04T11:44:00.000-07:002007-05-04T11:44:00.000-07:00I am a good mom becasue I am providing for my WHOL...I am a good mom becasue I am providing for my WHOLE family (Daddy stays home). My two boys are thoughtful, loving, tender souls. They ask for kisses and hugs as I leave for work in the morning. I make sure they have their needs met...and make sure they know they don't "need" everything. <BR/>I am a good mom because I am constantly suprised when people (mostly of the "greatest generation") stop at our table in restaurants and remark how well behaved my children are. <BR/>I am a good mom beacause I love their dad and make sure he knows it. <BR/>I am a good mom because my children are well rounded.....we go to the theatre, get dirty in the garden, do arsty-crafsty stuff, and *I* can throw a football.<BR/>I am a force to be reckoned with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-23444069993821630542007-05-04T10:56:00.000-07:002007-05-04T10:56:00.000-07:00so here's the thing, I used to feel like a great m...so here's the thing, I used to feel like a great mom. This past year I honestly have to wonder did I really do as well as I thought? My oldest is 17, and the things we have dealt with this year. Some is normal teen angst, but some, not so much. Wondering where and if I went wrong and attempting to figure it out so as not to have to go through it with the younger 2 keeps me up at night and my back in knots.<BR/><BR/>Was I such a good mom that my son is being normal? Something I did NOT know at 17, or was I so busy being sure I was a "good" mom, that I missed something very important along the way?<BR/><BR/>Good moms or bad, this gig is TOUGH, and we all are doing the best we know how, which I guess is why I'm a good mom....I know I may not be perfect, but I am the best I know how to be.mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071384539518303978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-80821644506832137582007-05-04T10:02:00.000-07:002007-05-04T10:02:00.000-07:00I was terrified when I gave birth. Reality hit me ...I was terrified when I gave birth. Reality hit me all at once. This tiny, sleepy, perfect person was my daughter and I was responsible for keeping her safe. It was the first time that I felt like it was completely possible that I could kill someone if they ever tried to hurt her. <BR/><BR/>My own childhood was made all the more painful in the moment that I became a mother. I wasn't ok with my childhood anymore because now I understood that it wasn't just a jumble of bad memories. Everything that I thought I understood about my childhood now had this giant question attached to it: How could she do that do her own child? It's a question that remains unanswered because I don't have it in me to ask. It's a question that makes me hug my daughter as often and as long as she'll let me. <BR/><BR/>I am a good mother because what was passed down from woman to woman in my family as far back as anyone can remember stops with me and my daughter. I am a good mother because I made a decision to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-52526569489832509502007-05-04T09:42:00.000-07:002007-05-04T09:42:00.000-07:00GGC - great mom, creative soul, hot stuff and just...GGC - great mom, creative soul, hot stuff and just the woman to step up for all the mommies out there ... just in time for Mother's Day.<BR/><BR/>Ladies, rock on and get your Mom on! :)<BR/><BR/>M&MMaternal Mirthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10780791486490274607noreply@blogger.com