Reflections on a day in the life of a mother 28 Articles

by Crystal Cook

My Daily Grind It's 4:30 a.m. when I awake and attempt to open my sleepy eyes. I can't see anything, all is black and I can't move. I'm paralyzed from my shoulders up. Intense panic begins to set in. I feel trapped and...read more

by Katelyn Vercoe

Reflections: A Day in the Life of a Mother I'm not quite sure where to begin. Where is that line that separates one day from another? Obviously, officially, it's the stroke of midnight. So a new day begins, before t...read more

by Jenna Baylie

A day in the life of a mother... Hmmm lets start at the start of my day, MIDNIGHT! My youngest, my little Bella seems to think that you go to be around 2am, so I start my day at Midnight trying to rock my baby to sleep...read more

by Lisa Hunt Warren

When my two sons were young I used to pretty much think of us as "conjoined triplets" because we were always together, and whenever we went anywhere or did anything it meant that I didn't have just my own body to keep heal...read more

by M.R Vavala

Just One Day... So, when you made that conscious or maybe not so conscious decision to become a parent- did you ever think of all the things you would suddenly lose? No. Neither- did I. I was too busy planning my pe...read more

by P. Constance Smith

When the doorbell rang, I was nearly asleep on the carpet, with my three-year-old daughter playing her version of chess next to me. I heaved up and answered the door. The neighbor girls asked for salt, since they were ma...read more

by Kim Sharpe

My entire day is spent taking care of my toddler. The time that I have to myself is when she naps or goes to bed at night. I'm not complaining because I love every minute of her care. From the time she gets up in the mo...read more

by Christina Rivas

Anyone who says that "being a mother is easy", obviously is not a mother. Children are our pride and joy, they give our lives new meaning. Having said that, children can also be demanding tyrants at times. I have tw...read more

by Audrey Hardy

My three year old is out to get me. I swear she's trying to make me look bad and it's totally working. For instance, in the morning I will make her a waffle and give her a cup of strawberry milk. Her dad will give her a...read more

by Mengying Xie

A male friend once said to me: How luck of you to be born as a girl! You never need to face the immense pressure to be a success I have found myself under as a man. You girls have a much easier life. I wish I were be a wom...read more

by Katie Poynter

Becoming a mother changes everything, but I have noticed it especially affects time, and my perception of time. Days have become weeks, weeks have become months. It's now hard to tell what time it is, let alone remembe...read more

by Simone Bonnett

I took my two youngest to the big park near the center of town yesterday. We passed through the high street on the way, unfortunately for me. My four year old daughter came out with the most embarrassing thing I have ever ...read more

by Petra Sando

Another day in the life of a busy mom Just another day - I get up at five thirty in the morning, staggering through the darkness to the unwelcome noise of the alarm clock in front of my bed. My husband turns over on hi...read more

by Paula Singleton

This is a Day in the Life of me. I just went through it 20 minutes ago. Oh my good golly gee, everything is so emotional nowadays with my two year old daughter. Child: "Bottle?" Mommy: "Okay, I'll fix you a bottle...read more

by Courtney Logelin

I have two kids that are 2 yrs old and 5 months old. My kids keep my day busy. In the morning I make sure that both of my kids have a clean diaper/pull-up on. I make my two year old a bowl of cereal because that is all she...read more

by Jannice Lashner

My husband thinks I have anger management issues. Well, he can go to hell. I come from a long lineage of fiery Irish women. My mother, in her heyday, was famous for her heated episodes. I actually witnessed, on...read more

by Shereen Flaxman

I'm not a bad mother. I'm very attentive and maternal. My children are happy, sociable, clean, well-fed, and naughty enough to be reassuringly normal. But I have flaws, as does any human being. I sometimes lack patience...read more

by Iris Shamble

One thing I can say about being a mother- no two days are ever alike. A day as a mother brings happiness, joy, tears, discipline, but most of all in it brings love. We mothers must be well prepared for each day. We must k...read more

by jax robinson shaw

voil! its wet cold and angry and you have to name it and nurture it for the rest of your life It was my thought as they handed my baby to me at first I didn't know how to hold her her eyes were closed and she was sucking h...read more

by Bridget Hildreth

The ever-dutiful adult daughter I am, on this Mother's Day I ensured the most bang for my buck with sending a gorgeous bouquet of daisies to my mother's office two days before the weekend of the actual'holiday'. The added ...read more