Being a Mother

Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby..... somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother, 'normal' is history.
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Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct ..
somebody never took a three-year-old shopping.
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Somebody said being a mother is boring ....
somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.


Somebody said if you're a'good' mother, your child will 'turn out good'....
somebody thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.
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Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother....
somebody never helped a fourth grader with his math.
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Somebody said you can't love the second child as much as you love the first ....
somebody doesn't have two children.
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Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labor and delivery.....
somebody never watched her 'baby' get on the bus for the first day of kindergarten ..
or on a plane headed for military 'boot camp.'
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Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets married...
somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a mother's heartstrings.
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Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home....
somebody never had grandchildren.
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Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her....
somebody isn't a mother.