More or Less Like Your Mother (for the ladies)

SeaBreeze

SeaBreeze

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As a senior, would you rather be more, or less like your mother? I never had children myself, but regardless of that, I'd rather be more like my mother in my 'golden years'. She raised four of us, and did it very well. We didn't have a lot of money, but she made sure we had what we needed, with the help of my father also.

She was a strong woman, yet sensitive. She didn't work outside the home, as was common in those days. She was a good housewife and mother, always sensible, put us first, and did her best to make things nice for us.

I wasn't spoiled at all, but never could say I lacked love from my Mom. She's been gone for around 25 years now, but I still dream about her often, and have fond memories. :glittered:
 
I'd like to be more like mine, it's already happening! I'm often told how much I look like her and I see it myself....no complaints from me there as she still looked younger than her 84 years when she passed away.
She worked hard all her life in a variety of labouring jobs and after I was born continued to do housekeeping jobs solely to give me a college education because she had to leave school in grade six to help her mother in cleaning jobs as she had to help feed and care for 5 brothers. She wanted me to have a better education than she had. She was a very loving mum and after 11 years of her passing I still much her heaps.
 
I think I have followed in some of my mothers footsteps, and would be even happier if I were more like her in many ways. I think that I had the best mother a person can have , and even though she has been gone for many years,I still dream about her and miss her.
Being an only child, growing up, I spent a lot of time with my mom. She didn't have a job per se, but she was always working, and always busy.
When I was little, she and my grandfather ran a little neighborhood store, so that is where I spent most of my days. Later, she had houses and apartments that she rented out, so I learned to answer phone calls about the rentals we had available, and would ride my pony across town to show an apartment, or pick up rent.
She kept everything running smoothly at home, and taught me to be polite, considerate, and kind to other people; and to value honesty and integrity.
My father loved her with all of his heart, and devoted his life to his family, as well.
I could not have had better parents.
 

I could never be like my Mother , she walked out on her marriage and 4 young children for another man, still to this day i cannot understand how a Mother can walk away from her children and never look back, i have no respect for her she died a lonely woman and she took every childhood photo we had so i have nothing to show my girls .
you have been blessed with a lovely Mother Seabreeze
 
Jillaroo said:

I could never be like my Mother , she walked out on her marriage and 4 young children for another man, still to this day i cannot understand how a Mother can walk away from her children and never look back, i have no respect for her she died a lonely woman and she took every childhood photo we had so i have nothing to show my girls .
you have been blessed with a lovely Mother Seabreeze
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Thank you Jillaroo! It's so sad that your mom left like that, it must be devastating to the children and husband of course. The fact that she didn't leave any photos either, was very hurtful on her part. :(

I saw a show on TV about this woman who said she felt inadequate as a wife and mother, and she just took off one day and left her family. Turns out she just wandered from place to place, sometimes sleeping in campgrounds with the homeless, and sometimes living with different men who took her in temporarily. Her children were very upset and angry, because for many years they thought she was kidnapped and may be dead somewhere.

Thankfully you're a good mother to your girls, and they don't have to go through any of the heartache that you had to endure. :love_heart: By the way, very cute signature!
 
My mother and I were two very different people, but there is the odd occasion when I can hear my mother in my voice. It was usually things I would say when raising my sons.

She was a career woman who worked outside the home full time. I became a stay-at-home mom and did the volunteer thing at schools and extra-curricular activities. I homeschooled my younger son from the seventh grade on, and I think he got a far better deal than my older son, who went through the public school system the whole way.

My mother would never have had the patience to teach us full time at home, but she had many wonderful attributes that I admired. I do remember feeling at times that I could never live up to her ideas of perfection. She educated herself after graduating high school at 16, when the Great Depression prevented her from going to college like her siblings. She was the most intelligent woman I ever knew, and was very dignified and gracious.
 
This is a good subject, sometimes when I'm talking to my adult children I stop and think, did I sound like my mom with that piece of advice? Seems to happen more and more...lol

Everything that I know about plants and nature my mother taught me, now my children come to me for plant info.
 
SeaBreeze said:
As a senior, would you rather be more, or less like your mother? I never had children myself, but regardless of that, I'd rather be more like my mother in my 'golden years'. She raised four of us, and did it very well. We didn't have a lot of money, but she made sure we had what we needed, with the help of my father also.

She was a strong woman, yet sensitive. She didn't work outside the home, as was common in those days. She was a good housewife and mother, always sensible, put us first, and did her best to make things nice for us.

I wasn't spoiled at all, but never could say I lacked love from my Mom. She's been gone for around 25 years now, but I still dream about her often, and have fond memories. :glittered:
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Have to say I am exactly like my mom.
 
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