“If I were a mother I would…”

Cade wrote: “First go live in penslvania. Then sine up to be a civl war nurs. Then get a house. And a very nice house. Then get an ipod. Then be a sailer. Then take a brake. Then become a polic officer.”

I suppose I seem like a rather boring mother to my boy. I’ve never nursed any war heroes, like Clara Burton (that’s what he calls her) did. And I have never worn a sailor uniform or a police one. I do have a very nice house and an ipod, but neither of these have much to do with mothering, in my opinion. Most of all, I do not take a break. At least not from being a mother. And I never will.


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