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As any mother will tell you, being a mom can be fun and
rewarding as well as challenging. I will tell you that being a
mother is really, really hard, always a challenge and is a 24
hour job seven days a week. I love being a mom and I love my
kids, don’t get me wrong here, but it’s not all rose buds and
pretty flowers like many people may lead you to believe. What
I will say is that for me as a mother I am always tired, the
laundry will never be fully done and there will always be at
least one dirty dish in the sink. Sometimes being a mother
means you have to let go of the little things, learn to fight your
battles and accept that your house will be messy for the next
18 years. Having two boys close in age I can tell you that there
is always one child crying, whining or wrestling, someone will
inevitably get hurt and there is nothing to be done to stop
them. I am told that this is normal for boys and siblings but as
a mother this is a challenge for me. I can undoubtedly say that
being a mother and sole provider is the hardest role I have
played in my lifetime as of yet.
In order to maintain my livelihood and financially support
myself and my children I chose to return to school and for the
first time, be a real full time college student. Now I’m not
talking about a quick program that takes a few months. You