Thoughtful thoughts (from someone else) #2

I don't know how many of these articles I will post. I'm definitely not going to make it my habit or let other people's words do my blog talking, but in the last few days I have found a few great articles that either speak my mind for me, only more eloquently, or that have brought new ideas to my attention that helped me chill out in my every day parenting.

This article is great It's even great-er because it was posted to the Facebook page of a dear friend of ours. She has 4 kids, and we have 4 kids. I get comments like the author of this article got as I am sure she does too. Having a lot of kids can be very interesting to the masses. People feel the need to comment on your choice all the time, as if you are on public display for their personal benefit. And hey, I guess we are. Or as though you are a walking political statement about having more or less kids. Which, hey guess what, we aren't! I'm generally OK with it, but like the father in the article, I sometimes find my mother bear instincts getting ready to pounce and my mouth full of words that could cut!

My kids are great and wonderful and beautiful and loving (OK, not all the time, refer to previous post if necessary). I love to have people take notice of me and "all my kids" when out and about because  I am not a perfect mom, but I typically love my kids and my kids certainly are not perfect either, but they are generally nice human beings and typically well behaved. I am happy to have 4 of them, heck I have put in the order for more at times too! I think this article is a good one for my friends to read so that they might get a little bit of insight as to why I am happy to have as many as I do (the previous article was pretty good with that point too). It might also give you an idea about what it's life for people to constantly analyze you and ask you about your choice to have "so many kids" (do people ask you why you had a kid or two!). It's never easy to be the mother of small children, especially if you have more than one, but it is often fun, especially if you like chaos like I do.....especially-especially when you have a rocking husband like I do and when you love your man as much as I do...that makes all the difference!!