I have the best job in the world

Your words ring so true...good post!

Thank you :-)

I agree with you Jenny, however I thought your explanation of hell was going to be different..Although I am with you on that "if anyone messes with my kids, Watch OUt!" My heaven was the same, the love my girls showed to one another, and to us Mom and Dad. My hell was different,,,it occured on those moments when I was my weakest, I am pretty easy tempered, but when I exploded It was bad..There were times I had to walk outside, to cool off.
Raising children is hard work, they are after all only children. Thankfully those days are behind me. Fortunately my girls have not suffered emotionally from my occcasional outbursts. So to those who have exploded on their children, I understand and I know where you come from....BUT and this is a big BUT, I do not condone child abuse,, Children thrive best in an atomosphere of tender, loving care.

Charlotte, yes hell is also in those moments where your kids are running around like crazy people and won't listen and you feel like you need to pull your hair out. When I wrote this I just came off a night where my son was sick and I was up most of it, then I was already rambling feeling it was getting long honestly this is one of those things you will probably see some add'l post about. Thank you for sharing your story though I'm sure it will help others know they are not alone

I agree. Being a Mom is the best, hardest, easiest, most fun, most rewarding single "job" I've ever had :)

Whew! You got me worried there for a while jenny...... I thought the hell part was the husband!? It's a good thing you didn't think so. YAh we do admit that we are dead beat dads once in a while but we do bring home some heaven to our wives and kids. LOL Nice Blog.

My husband makes my world better :-) so no lol its not the husband most of the time he is part of my heaven but I'm sure the same can be said for marriage heaven and hell all at the same time lol cause there are times where I would like to throw a shoe at him lol

i never wanted to be a mom

thats good TK that might prove complicated lol

Hello Jenny! I do agree with you. Being a mother is both heaven and hell on earth.

To me it is heavenly when my children are very healthy and happy. It is my heaven when they come home and proudly present their paper scored 100% by the teacher. It is heaven for me when I see my children participate in class activities and perform their best. It is my heaven too when the children hug and kiss me, even if their lips leave traces of chocolate or sticky sugar on my face.

Now the hell. . . really when they leave their toys, coloring books, crayons, and bags everywhere inside the house. It is another hell when I prepare to go to work and I discover my pen missing because someone forgot to return after using it, or my lipstick broken and messy because my girl painted herself with it. And whew , really hell when the kids start quarreling for proprietorship over useless things such as an empty perfume bottle or a broken leg of Barbie doll.

Really Jenny, each mother has her own heaven and hell to contend in life, according to each standard. What is important is we know how to keep our heaven and cope with our hell.

Heart warming post, Jenny.

Sweet posting know how true this can be .

I guess I'm a mother too, because I also feel the same way about my children> Lols.

Seriously, being a mother is a tough job especially if you're a full time mom. You'll never know what you get in the end. Heaven if you see your children having a wonderful life or hell...only if you failed to be a good mother.

thats realy true................
lovely post.....
keep it Up

Ha Jenny, you seem to be over protective of your children regardless of what they do and how they behave. What do you mean if you say "you never want anyone to touch your child?" Well, according to African culture, a child belongs to the community and Nation. And it's everyone's responsibility to ensure a child lives healthy, attains education, behaves well in the community, respects elders, and so kind and helpful. E.G if an elder in the community finds my child misbehaving, he is free to punish him or her, and to show that i am happy that the elder helped to correct my child, i may also punish my child when he or she returns home.

However, i agree with you that a child means a lot to a parent especially if that child has grown up and appears to be a responsible person not a thief, prostitute, and murderer, and also respects and cares for his or her old parents.

I'm a mother also of two and I understand and I know the feeling of being a mother! Thanks for sharing your own.

It's such a helpless feeling when you see your child ill, no matter how grown they are, and can't do a thing to help them.