Will the REAL "Supermom" please stand up.

If you visit "The Den" often, then you know that no two posts are the same. Unlike other blogs, I don't write about just one subject. I write about whatever is on my mind, and since my thoughts are different from day to day...so are my posts.

And what's on my mind today are married women with children who whine and complain about all the work they have to do when their husbands are away.

One woman I know practically had a meltdown when her husband had to leave the country for 3 weeks, leaving her to take care of her 2 children BY HERSELF while he was away. She had to get them up in the morning, get them ready for school, get them to school, take them to their extracurricular activities, prepare dinner, etc, etc...And all of this was just too much for her.

Are you kidding me?!?

Then there's another one, who's husband is also away for a while, leaving her also to tend to their two children, and it's just wahh, wahh, wahh..."when is he coming back?"
"How am I going to get all of this done?", Yadda, Yadda, Yadda.

Well to all of you married women out there who simply fall apart at the seams when your husbands are gone, I say this: WELCOME TO MY WORLD!

I don't have the luxury of having a husband help me with raising my three children. I never have. I've had to do EVERYTHING by myself. Yeah, they "visit" with their dad, but "visiting" with someone is not the same as "living" with that person.

No...they LIVE with me. I handle their day to day affairs. BY MYSELF!

And I don't crawl up in a corner and turn to mush when there's laundry to be done, meals to cook, children to transport back & forth, etc, etc.

And OH...did I mention the fact that I have a FULL TIME JOB in addition to being a full-time mom?!?

Yes, I do all of the above AND go to work so that I can support my family so that you ,and you, and you...don't have to. I've never accepted "assistance" and pray that I never have to. I don't believe that it is YOUR job to take care of MY kids so that I can sit on the couch all day and watch talk shows.

I digress.

The bottom line is this ladies...the next time you married women with children and crying and whining and whimpering about how hard it is doing everything by yourself...try walking in my shoes. Unlike you...eventually you get to take your shoes off. I have to wear MY shoes 24/7, 365 days a year (366 in Leap Year).

So to ALL of the single mothers out there who are doin' the dag-gone thing BY YOURSELVES...I salute you.

Yes, single mothers raise children who make the Honor Roll. I am that mother.
Yes, single mothers raise children who are outstanding citizens in their communities. I am that mother.
Yes, single mothers raise their children in church where they learn about the goodness of God. I am that mother.
Yes, single mothers wish that they weren't on this journey alone, but you can't make a person do what they don't want to do. I am that mother.
Yes, single mothers raise children who do not end up in jail. I am that mother.
Yes, single mothers raise children who go to college. I am that mother.

Is the job of motherhood difficult for a married woman whose husband is away for a while? Of course it is. But the job of motherhood for a woman who has no husband to help her, today, tomorrow, or ever, is exponentially more difficult.

Let the DIALOGUE begin! What is YOUR definition of a "Supermom"?

Talk to me!

Til next time...