My experiences of mothering have been... 2

My experiences of mothering have been... 2

I hate to use cliches but... my experiences of mothering has been a roller coaster ride. Ups and downs, things I did right, things I did wrong, things I did that I wish I hadn't, things I didn't do that I wish I had.

Each of my children {I have 3 boys] have experienced me as a different mother as my experience, knowledge and confidence grew. I remember my oldest saying e.g that I wouldn't let him do such and such that I was letting 2nd or 3rd do and I used to say that he had broken me in as a Mom.

I know that times change and back then was a little different [although I don't believe that it was that different, just different stories and angles in the media now] but I really wanted my children to have a good childhood. Although I was scared off letting them go off and play in the big wide world, I swallowed that fear and let them. And they did do lots of den building, playing in the little pockets of woods we have round here

Basically I did the best that I could at the time and I now have 3 children that are wonderful young men, one a great Dad [and dad to be] himself. The next generation has already started in my family and I love being a Nan to my grandson and am sure I will love being a Nan to my 2 granddaughters that are cooking at the moment.

Felt the need to journal about this twice ;)