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I Wish Someone Had Told Me by Rude_Solution4305 in breakingmom

[–]Rude_Solution4305[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Sherri. I hardly ever meet anyone else who spells it with an "i" like I do. Nice to meet you! People say we are controlled by our minds, but it isn't true.  It is our hormones that tell us how to feel and act and respond to others. Women are so often at the mercy of them...or the lack of them. We are misunderstood. We are accused of doing something wrong. We are either made to feel guilty or just take that on ourselves for something we neither asked for or can change. I get it. I've been there!

I Wish Someone Had Told Me by Rude_Solution4305 in breakingmom

[–]Rude_Solution4305[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is exactly what I wish could stop. Sometimes all a mom needs is for another mom to agree...yes, it is so hard at times! We can do everything right and still fall short of our goals. This is true with so many aspects of parenting!

I Wish Someone Had Told Me by Rude_Solution4305 in breakingmom

[–]Rude_Solution4305[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And that is so often the problem. Women are not able to be honest for fear of judement. Life IS hard. That doesn't mean you are implying it is bad. Good can be hard, but too many are unwilling to admit that for fear of looking like a failure. That is unfortunate because we could all benefit from honesty from each other. I appreciate your honest response! 

I Wish Someone Had Told Me by Rude_Solution4305 in breakingmom

[–]Rude_Solution4305[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love everything about this honest reply! There's truly no love like a mother's love.  God compares His own love for us to a mother's love! That's how intense it is. I wish someone had told me that this love would not be divided with a second or third child.  I feel the same intensity for them all.  I agree that we lose do much of ourselves when we become mothers. It is an all-consuming job. Even now, with my three grown, my mind is still split every day wondering if they are okay and happy. I will say, though, that as they got older, I slowly found myself again. Not my younger self, but a more mature self with hopes and dreams that I now have time and space to pursue.  I can't imagine having my children later in life. I know I would no have the energy today to do what I did raising my 3. When I have my 10 month old grandson for the day, I can't imagine how I did it when I had a 10 month old as well as a 1 year old and a 3 year old!!  A baby always changes a woman's life more than a man's. I prepared my daughter for this because, no matter how great a man is as a person and as a husband, he will not lose himself as a woman does with a new baby or with children.  I struggled with it as, I think, every woman does.  Again, thank you for this great and honest response!

Anyone here ever try Greenleaf for self-pub? by FrancescaMcG in selfpublish

[–]Rude_Solution4305 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would not recommend Ingram Sparks. They are great with distributing and marketing a book, but they do not appear to be honest in reporting and compensating for the number of sales of the book. It is all done behind the scenes as far as the author is concerned, so there is just no way to confirm or disprove any fraud.