First post of the year 2016!
A question to all the parents (especially mothers out there…) Have you at some point of time even for a minute thought…sigh wish I didn’t have that child of mine? Confession: I have…many times over!
I have wondered how life would be without A. I have wondered if he would be better off without me in his life. I wonder how life would be once he goes off to pursue his own in a few years. Wondering how it would be if he were living in a home which is perceived as normal by society…so on… All this sometimes just during reflection and most times during despair/exasperation (sometimes forced upon …).
So, does just thinking such things make one a bad mother? Does voicing this out to a friend amount to him being a burden on me? Suddenly, all the efforts I put into him being happy/healthy (the best I can at least given my circumstances) fizzles out! “Why don’t you send him back to his dad if you think he is so much of a burden?!” . Wow!! Really?
I stumbled on this post on the Onion : Jessica Drexler mentions her kid is the second-most important thing in her life. Intrigued I read further and she ends saying “It’s mostly about you”.
That sort of thought would not be welcome here…. Mothers should be selfless, sacrificing! What is this talk about “me”?!? It should always be kid first (or so I am given to understand….else the kid is a burden!)
Lesson learnt! Either put kids first or just don’t voice any idea otherwise 😀
This is a world of only façades….you must not display anything out of the norm. Everyone is and should be the ideal perceived person 🙂
In the wake of this revelation: I hereby declare….I am nothing without A. He is and always be my life, my breath and my all. I am a nobody and he is my be all & end all 🙂 There is nothing called self-love once you have a kid!
Random Ruminations 