There are many reasons to become a mother. Glamour is not one of them. I heard on the news this morning that a group of 17 girls in high school made a pact to get pregnant at the same time and raise their kids together. If they wanted something glamorous, they picked the wrong profession. I can think of many instances when motherhood was not glamorous. Let's see, there was the time Finny was sick and had the antibiotic accident in the jumperoo (do we need to see that picture again?). There was the time he had a mouth full of peas and sneezed all over me (Again, do we really need to see that picture again?). There was yesterday when he was going to find whatever way he could to get to the computer cords. There was this morning when we had to leave daddy and worst of all the tractor to go home and take a nap. How traumatizing. And they wanted glamour? If only they could have lived the real life of a mother for a week...a day...an hour. Maybe they could have made a more mature decision. They were apparently happy when they got the positive pregnancy tests at school...AT SCHOOL! The school nurse says that these same girls kept going into her office to take pregnancy tests and when one girl finally got a positive test, she said, "sweet!". What is wrong with this country? First of all, they hand out birth control to anyone anonymously and then they give them free pregnancy tests just in case they accepted the free birth control but decided to not use it. I wonder who's going to end up paying for these kids (babies included). I wonder how many of the fathers are going to actually stick around and take responsibility for what they've done. I wonder if any of these girls are going to finish high school, much less go to college and actually attempt to make a good life for themselves and their babies. I wonder what's going to happen the day these kids go home with their new babies and can't find the glamour in their new job.
No, glamour is not the word I would use to describe motherhood. The word I would use is rewarding. I think of all the times in the day when Finley surprises me with something new that he's learned, some new word, some new way to express what he wants like pointing or saying please...or even just the everyday smiles and laughs. As I turn around and watch Finley playing with books and toys talking to himself, I think of how blessed Matthew and I are to have Finley in our lives, but it also makes me wonder if these high school kids will be able to see the everyday blessings that come with motherhood. Or will they just find out all too soon that it isn't glamorous and regret their decisions and resent their kids?
Here are a few pictures of the rewarding aspects of the last few days.
Finley making the face.
Playing on the floor.
Getting ready to play hide and seek around the couch. I stay on the couch and he walks around to the side and peeks over the top so I can see him. The game is to act surprised when he peeks over the top.
He's pretty easy to find seeing how he never stops laughing. We'll have to work on that. =)
Playing the piano on tippy toes.
3 comments:
Hey...I heard about that too. It said that several were impregnated by the same guy...a homeless 24 year old! How sad and stupid.
Sharon, you are right about motherhood not being glamorous, but rewarding. I don't have the life-experience to back this up yet, but it makes so much sense. You only get rewarded when you've worked really hard and put a lot of effort into something/someone.
I love the pictures. I wish that I could be there to help his little hands and play with his little toes! Very cute!
I about cried when I saw that on the news...
Have you seen the TV commercials for the baby swap, or maybe it is called something else... but they have teenagers take care of babies. I have mixed feelings about this, cause maybe it will open their eyes to reality, but who are the parents entrusting thier infants to teenagers who think they can be parents!!?
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