"I Look Down on Young Women..." response
Today I read a blog posted by Amy Glass (link to blog is available). It is viral so I am guessing many of you have read it already!
I have read something of hers previously so her writing style and content themes are not surprising.
At the risk of going out on a limb here, I agree with her in that a stay at home mom is different then a working CHILDLESS woman (because honestly, that is where she drew the line). These women are not the same. It doesn't make either one right or wrong. Nor does it make one better or more celebrated than the other.
I give mad props to the women who are out there working full time and raising kids (some by choice and some because they have no other way financially). It is not for me. I would not be a good mom nor a good employee if I had to do both. It is a choice. A choice to sometimes manage with less so that we can be here for our son. This decision I will never regret.
Yes life changes. You are correct. I can not backpack across the world, cook for the masses, stay up for days on end skipping from fabulous bar to amazing retail shop, dropping thousands of hard earned dollars. YET. One day perhaps I will take my son traveling or performing giant humanitarian tasks or to huge cities to see amazing things! My life is still exceptional! Life doesn't end because we have children and decide to stay home to raise them. Life changes and suddenly we think more about someone else. We think less about ourselves and our needs and we take care of something so tiny. We excitedly watch our children grow up and we share the world with them as they teach us about the world. Life changes... we don't give anything up. Each one of us who is raising children (at least those doing it right) are exceptional and we are all sharing the world with our children.
For two people to commit to one another and then commit to children there should be cause for celebration! It is a cause for us to celebrate! I will step up on my angry throne and say ~ no not everyone can get "knocked up". Having a child is a precious gift that sometimes people have to work
very hard for. Sometimes the thing that seems so "average" is so incredibly hard and inconceivable. So celebrate it! Celebrate that little life and the opportunity that comes to see the world through a child's eyes! Celebrate sharing life with another human. Yes Amy, we should celebrate graduations, amazing job advancements, world travel and creativity! Maybe we need more reasons to celebrate in this world!
It is easy to stay home, wear my yoga pants, clean, grocery shop, pay bills, cook, transport, entertain and spend my whole day with a child. It is awesome! It is sometimes also isolating and lonely. I have accomplished great feats of education, traveled and had quite a life before I had children! While you are bashing moms everywhere who make this choice, we are raising children. And this is my greatest accomplishment. I raise my child!
One last point, Amy. I am equal. I am equal to any man or woman you want to line me up next to. I am a human being, wake each day, get dressed and do the things that are important and moving to me. Just as you do. And that is what makes each of us unique and equal to the other.
All other readers, do not be mad or upset with Amy Glass after you read her blog. She is waiting for her experiences to be exceptional! She doesn't know the utter joy of a peanut butter smear or silly giggles at bedtime! Continue on strong moms and raise your children... because weather you are a working mom or a stay at home mom, you work and you do amazing things with what you have before you... and you deserve to celebrate!
I have read something of hers previously so her writing style and content themes are not surprising.
At the risk of going out on a limb here, I agree with her in that a stay at home mom is different then a working CHILDLESS woman (because honestly, that is where she drew the line). These women are not the same. It doesn't make either one right or wrong. Nor does it make one better or more celebrated than the other.
I give mad props to the women who are out there working full time and raising kids (some by choice and some because they have no other way financially). It is not for me. I would not be a good mom nor a good employee if I had to do both. It is a choice. A choice to sometimes manage with less so that we can be here for our son. This decision I will never regret.
Yes life changes. You are correct. I can not backpack across the world, cook for the masses, stay up for days on end skipping from fabulous bar to amazing retail shop, dropping thousands of hard earned dollars. YET. One day perhaps I will take my son traveling or performing giant humanitarian tasks or to huge cities to see amazing things! My life is still exceptional! Life doesn't end because we have children and decide to stay home to raise them. Life changes and suddenly we think more about someone else. We think less about ourselves and our needs and we take care of something so tiny. We excitedly watch our children grow up and we share the world with them as they teach us about the world. Life changes... we don't give anything up. Each one of us who is raising children (at least those doing it right) are exceptional and we are all sharing the world with our children.
For two people to commit to one another and then commit to children there should be cause for celebration! It is a cause for us to celebrate! I will step up on my angry throne and say ~ no not everyone can get "knocked up". Having a child is a precious gift that sometimes people have to work
very hard for. Sometimes the thing that seems so "average" is so incredibly hard and inconceivable. So celebrate it! Celebrate that little life and the opportunity that comes to see the world through a child's eyes! Celebrate sharing life with another human. Yes Amy, we should celebrate graduations, amazing job advancements, world travel and creativity! Maybe we need more reasons to celebrate in this world!
It is easy to stay home, wear my yoga pants, clean, grocery shop, pay bills, cook, transport, entertain and spend my whole day with a child. It is awesome! It is sometimes also isolating and lonely. I have accomplished great feats of education, traveled and had quite a life before I had children! While you are bashing moms everywhere who make this choice, we are raising children. And this is my greatest accomplishment. I raise my child!
One last point, Amy. I am equal. I am equal to any man or woman you want to line me up next to. I am a human being, wake each day, get dressed and do the things that are important and moving to me. Just as you do. And that is what makes each of us unique and equal to the other.
All other readers, do not be mad or upset with Amy Glass after you read her blog. She is waiting for her experiences to be exceptional! She doesn't know the utter joy of a peanut butter smear or silly giggles at bedtime! Continue on strong moms and raise your children... because weather you are a working mom or a stay at home mom, you work and you do amazing things with what you have before you... and you deserve to celebrate!
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