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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 443045" data-attributes="member: 805"><p>I too <em>had</em> these issues with my mother. It took several conversations regarding our individual definitions of success. </p><p></p><p>With four of us kids, we all achieved at different rates and at different things. My brother and I (the sensitive ones) dedicated ourselves to raising our family (stay at home mom for me, basic 9-3 for him while his wife had the high-powered professional one) and I know I was born to be a mom and got immense satisfaction from every moment of being a stay at home and raising my kids every moment. To me, it was a dream come true and I was doing what I loved, what made me happy, and what I was good at = success. My sister and other brother are both highly degreed and professional - sister has children and brother has none - and she is a vastly different mother than I was. She would not consider herself successful without a job - and actually says she is a better mother for being professionally fulfilled.</p><p></p><p>My mother knows how much it meant, and still means, to me to be able to be home with my children. Here is the first definition of success from the dictionary: <strong><em>"the accomplishment of an aim or purpose". </em></strong></p><p></p><p>Now that easy child is out of the house and difficult child is in high school, I have a little more leeway in my schedule which is why I've gone back to work 4 days a week. But, I leave to pick up difficult child at school and am home from that point. I do find pleasure in goals accomplished at work but will always hold my job as my children's mom my greatest joy and accomplishment in life!</p><p></p><p>Sharon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 443045, member: 805"] I too [I]had[/I] these issues with my mother. It took several conversations regarding our individual definitions of success. With four of us kids, we all achieved at different rates and at different things. My brother and I (the sensitive ones) dedicated ourselves to raising our family (stay at home mom for me, basic 9-3 for him while his wife had the high-powered professional one) and I know I was born to be a mom and got immense satisfaction from every moment of being a stay at home and raising my kids every moment. To me, it was a dream come true and I was doing what I loved, what made me happy, and what I was good at = success. My sister and other brother are both highly degreed and professional - sister has children and brother has none - and she is a vastly different mother than I was. She would not consider herself successful without a job - and actually says she is a better mother for being professionally fulfilled. My mother knows how much it meant, and still means, to me to be able to be home with my children. Here is the first definition of success from the dictionary: [B][I]"the accomplishment of an aim or purpose". [/I][/B] [I][/I] Now that easy child is out of the house and difficult child is in high school, I have a little more leeway in my schedule which is why I've gone back to work 4 days a week. But, I leave to pick up difficult child at school and am home from that point. I do find pleasure in goals accomplished at work but will always hold my job as my children's mom my greatest joy and accomplishment in life! Sharon [/QUOTE]
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