My Mothers Day post a little late

Yesterday on facebook, there was a link to the story of  Rebecca Walker, who spoke out against what her mother,  Alice Walker a famous 'feminist' of the '60s era had to say about motherhood.

"She's revered as a trail-blazing feminist and author Alice Walker touched the lives of a generation of women. A champion of women's rights, she has always argued that motherhood is a form of servitude. But one woman didn't buy into Alice's beliefs  -  her daughter, Rebecca, 38.

Here the writer describes what it was like to grow up as the daughter of a cultural icon, and why she feels so blessed to be the sort of woman 64-year-old Alice despises  -  a mother."

 

"The other day I was vacuuming when my son came bounding into the room. 'Mummy, Mummy, let me help,' he cried. His little hands were grabbing me around the knees and his huge brown eyes were looking up at me. I was overwhelmed by a huge surge of happiness."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1021293/How-mothers-fanatical-feminist-views-tore-apart-daughter-The-Color-Purple-author.html#ixzz2U1hZhpE4

 I grew up in that era and it was the most difficult thing to do to go against the trend to 'hate being a mother in order to become a "fulfilled" woman'. Now that many women of my generation have believed that they could "have it all" and paid the price of lost relationships, not only with their children but also with their spouses, women are beginning to 'wise up' and realize that, as the scriptures so wisely put it centuries ago, 'there is a time and season to every purpose under heaven' and not all at once or out of sequence. Being a loving caring and supportive mother and spouse is the most time honored roll a woman can ever fulfill. Our attitude can make it the best job in the whole world! When the children are grown, we will have learned so many useful skills that we will be of extreme value to any employer or even to begin our own company! 

Yes ladies, we can have it all, 

but 

not all at the same time. :)