Posted on October 11, 2008 by ExMi
A meme, about being a mommy, ripped from Mama Mia.
1. How long have you been a Mom? 2 days short of 11 months.
2. How many children call you Mommy? just the one.
3. Girl? Boy? or both?: 1 boy.
4. Did you know what you were having? We’ve had this discussion before. I couldn’t [...]
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Posted on September 28, 2008 by ExMi
Knowing I was an unplanned pregnancy myself caused me a lot of angst. Strangely enough. My mother had me when she was 16, and married my father so he could get a housing grant. And got divorced and left not much longer after that. I was raised by my father. Who it seems, sometimes impressed [...]
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Posted on September 22, 2008 by ExMi
Responding to this.
I never meant to be a mother. I never planned it, I never wanted it, I didn’t even think it could happen. And I was okay with that. I’d made my peace, and seen that my future should be child-free.
But, like all best laid plans, things never work out the way you think [...]
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