Balancing career, parenting, chores, cycling..

[mimitabby]

I just did a search on Janet Falldron and found nothing, except the one quote.
I disagree.. Mothering is NOT a life unlived.
Being there for your children teaches them so much. Who do you want them to learn from? you or ... ?
As a mom who worked for all but the first 3 months of each sons' life, I struggled with guilt for leaving them in day care for years. But i picked them up as soon as I could every day; which meant I dragged them to appointments and to the grocery store. I read to them every night, and whenever they had something to tell me and i was distracted I tried to stop and listen; because I knew that soon they would have someone else they'd rather talk to.

As soon as they could, we had them on bikes, I remember when a two mile ride was an all morning event.
My sons today brag to their friends about the fact that at our house we had dinner at home almost every night as a family. a life unlived, indeed.
My sons don't feel guilt for the years that they were small and needed a mom around..
They are proud of me today for what I was and what I have become.

edit: I searched for just Falldron there is only the single reference in all of Google, so it is either a made up or misspelled name. Shortly, there will be a second reference to this name; this thread!