As a mother, I have felt the burden and struggle of raising a family, pursuing a career and making ends meet for a very long time. I am not alone. As a nation we must step down off our “family values” soapbox; listen to mothers; and get real about creating and enforcing sustainable and effective policies that support the importance of the family unit. Then and only then will true enlightenment be attained.
The definition of weight can mean many things: an overpowering or oppressive feeling of heavy force; to load down or burden; or the quality or state of being ponderous. Sometimes I feel as though my entire body aches with the heaviness of a mother’s weight. I actually have dreams where I am floating in the [...]
Sometimes I have the same dream over and over again – I am rushing, always rushing while my child is talking to me and I can’t hear anything he is saying to me and I keep asking him to speak louder and if only he could speak louder I would be able to hear him. [...]
There has recently been much talk about what kind of First Lady Michelle Obama would be during her husband’s presidency. Would she be a policy driven advocate like Hillary Clinton? Would she be the new modern fashion prototype of Jackie Kennedy? Would she be the silent behind the scenes intellectual and emotional strength of Nancy Reagan?
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