As I stood blowdrying my thinning hair this morning, I found myself pondering the joys and woes of motherhood. Now don't misunderstand, I love being a mother. It is the best job in the world. The part I am having trouble with, is the short end of the stick we seem to have in this whole thing.
First, 10 long months ( whoever said it was 9 months couldn't count ) of pregnancy. Vomitting, fluid retention, leg cramps, Varicose veins, weight gain, aching muscles, constipation, shortness of breath, Sciatica, frequent urination, fatigue, hemorrhoids and my personal favorite, heartburn. Did I forget anything? To then have our bodies ripped apart by the labor process. Which can last anywhere from fifteen minutes, (usually saved for those fortunate enough to have previously birthed a whole herd, ) or for the less fortunate, such as myself, which lasted for just a few hours short of eternity.
Then after all that joy, comes the sleepless nights, engorgement, left over baby weight, dirty diapers, colic, more back pain, permanently stained clothing, etc, etc, etc. And just when you think your out of the woods, then the hair starts falling out! Not just a few strands, here and there, but fistfulls! Yes, thats right fistfulls. Whatever happened to a womans hair is her glory? Well, my glory keeps getting stuck in the bottom of my vacuum cleaner. And now ( as if I don't have enough to do ) I can add one more job to my list, dehairring the vacuum.
In Genesis it says that we would be cursed with childbearing. I did not however realize, it meant that my body would turn into one very large hairless toothache. Come on, enough already. Makes you wish you could have a word or two with Eve!
Now, because of Adam's sin, men would be cursed with hard labor, yes I said hard labor. I know, stop snickering. The spelling word for today is MACHINERY. And I think I'll just stop right there. As far as I'm concerned, there is no harder job than motherhood. Anywhere. However, I do realize there are many men out there, who are very helpful in every part of their families lives, but believe me, there are just as many who are not.
After all this whining, do I really think we got the short end of the stick? Absolutely not! Only a foolish woman would trade one precious moment of this.
Can you say teething?
Well, time to go re-shingle the roof!
1 Comments:
Mom-
I LOVE the pic. of Belle in the toy basket! She's so cute! Love ya,
Sarah Amanda :-)
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