I have two wonderful children - a son of four (almost five mummy!!!) and a daughter of two and a half.
I am lucky enough to be a house wife. My husband works all the hours that god sends so that i can stay and look after our children. We have two cats, one puppy and a bucket load of fish............... so why do I have this overwhelming sense of guilt!!!!!!!!! because I AM A MUMMY thats why and it comes with an overflowing volcano of emotions that even now i struggle to get my head around.
Please dont misunderstand, i am not suffering from any medical condition, i just feel that society puts so much pressure on mums that it is impossible to live up to the expectations hense forth the guilt!!!
please forgive the spelling mistakes!! I am fighting with the dog whilst trying to type quickly!!!
ReplyDeleteKatie, unfortunately the guilt never goes away. As you know my two are now 17 and 15, I just started a new job which involves shift work, now I feel immense guilt when have to put Liam on a bus at 7.30 in the morning, not being there when they come home from school and college and not being able to take them to dancing lessons because I have to work a late shift! It never ever goes away, you get over one hurdle and are met by another. You are not alone so try not to beat yourself up about it. Enjoy being at home especially with Aoife, children need their mothers at home until they start school at least xxxxxxx
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