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Redefining Having It All
Ugh. How patronising.
I’m a full time working mother of one, with a husband who also works full time and co-parents with me in equal measures. Whilst I am not particularly qualified
Sounds like I’ve got it sorted doesn’t it? Well some days I do, some days we get up, we get ready, I’ve made lunches the night before and everyone has clean underwear. Some days the toddler fully co-operates, he actually brushes his teeth and he lets us dress him without kicking Daddy in the balls. He’s excited to see his Nanny or his friend Lily at nursery and he’s bowling out the door with a huge grin
Then there are those other days. The ones where I’ve already bitched at my husband before 7am. The ones where the toddler doesn’t have any clean socks and I have to fish some out from under the sofa. When he wants me to give him breakfast and he sets his little table up in the lounge, waiting expectantly only to be told he
So I’m redefining this concept of ’having it all’ because the current definition doesn’t work for me. No one can exist in a constant state of happiness and contentment. You
I think to ’have it all’, whether you are the Mother or Father, the man or the woman you need to be, on the whole satisfied with your work, life balance. Whether that means you work full or part time or you stay at home with your children. You’ve got to ask yourself, am I lucky? Am I doing ok? Are my kids alright, is my family unit generally content and happy?
And if you can answer yes to those questions, then my