So now our most important issue is who works harder, poor little Ann Money or the ordinary worker mom? GIVE ME A BREAK!
Is anyone naive enough to think Ann Romney didn't have hired help to run a household containing four or five sons and a house that big? Did she do the laundry? How about the cooking? Grocery shopping? House cleaning? Cooking?
I can speak from experience about working moms and the mother of six, three of each. holding down a fulltime job that often led to 12-15 hour days, depending on where the story took me. Then it was coming home, helping our remaining high schoolers with homework, grabbing a bite to eat---Monday through Fridays. I looked forward to weekends. Relax? Have fun? No. There was grocery shopping to be done, laundry to do, clean the house and by Monday morning, I wondered why I ever looked forward to weekends! Oh, and the weekends also included being music director at our church--organist, director of both the chancel choir and teen choir.
There were years when I was a stay at home mom when our children were younger and I relish those years, the challenges as well as the fun times. But I can empathise with working moms who have to juggle it all, unassisted by hired help.
How about we change our focus from a senseless debate to addressing the issues that are really important? What I see happening is a renewed age of volunteerism, particularly mong our young people. Wouldn't it be refreshing to focus some time on the positives instead of drowning us with so much negativism?
Can't starts with can!
Is anyone naive enough to think Ann Romney didn't have hired help to run a household containing four or five sons and a house that big? Did she do the laundry? How about the cooking? Grocery shopping? House cleaning? Cooking?
I can speak from experience about working moms and the mother of six, three of each. holding down a fulltime job that often led to 12-15 hour days, depending on where the story took me. Then it was coming home, helping our remaining high schoolers with homework, grabbing a bite to eat---Monday through Fridays. I looked forward to weekends. Relax? Have fun? No. There was grocery shopping to be done, laundry to do, clean the house and by Monday morning, I wondered why I ever looked forward to weekends! Oh, and the weekends also included being music director at our church--organist, director of both the chancel choir and teen choir.
There were years when I was a stay at home mom when our children were younger and I relish those years, the challenges as well as the fun times. But I can empathise with working moms who have to juggle it all, unassisted by hired help.
How about we change our focus from a senseless debate to addressing the issues that are really important? What I see happening is a renewed age of volunteerism, particularly mong our young people. Wouldn't it be refreshing to focus some time on the positives instead of drowning us with so much negativism?
Can't starts with can!
