"Every Mother Is A Working Mother."

"Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world, a mother's love is not." James Joyce

Mothers,

Let's teach our children the strength in valuing real love and honesty. Let's teach our children how to express themselves and their own truth -- and how to handle the world when they disagree. Let's teach our children to stand up for their beliefs because the world will always challenge them especially when they are unsure of what they are. It's just magnetism. It's just that there are a whole lot of assholes out there.

Everyday I wonder, how on earth did our world become so fucked up and dysfunctional? There are so many things that I worry for in my son's future that was never a consideration in mine. And then I think, well this is his world now and the greatest thing I can truly do for him is to lead by example.

Some days I find myself believing that I need to fill his every waking second with some type of learning. I get lost in the worry of wondering if I'm behind in sending him to special classes for children. Am I stimulating him enough? But then I say to myself, "let's be practical here. Bruno has to also learn to entertain himself and watch mommy do her thing around the house. This is truly where he will learn the most right now." How many of us have some of our fondest memories of our parents in the kitchen, or in their work spaces -- for example I used to love to hear the sound of my mother working on the type writer. I used to love to help my nanny clean the house. Who knows in which state the big world will be in when he finally takes his first step alone out into it, but until that happens I will do my greatest to teach him real love and honesty, which he can learn just by watching his mommy and daddy in the living room. I will teach him how to express his own truth and how to handle the world when they disagree, which he can learn by watching me interact with our community every time we walk out our door.

We don't need more money in this world to fix it, we need stronger values and those values start at home. Women are the most influential creatures on this planet. Perhaps we as mothers are so accustomed to sacrifice that we give our power and influence away too much. But this doesn't do justice to us or our children. We have unconditional love for our children but there must always be conditions. We cannot forget who we are as women in order to become a mother. There is a balance and a cross over and I look forward to having Bruno help me discover where they are.