I am not just a woman, I'm also a mother and I'm proud to be one! - lheeshan06
Being a mother takes a lot of responsibility and sacrifices. A mother is not just someone who gives birth to their children, they are also the one who will do everything for their kids. They are the ones who showed unconditional love and care to their children.
I was a teenage mom. I was seventeen when I got pregnant with the eldest. Being a teenage mom wasn't easy at all. There are lots of judgments that I hear from the people around us and some would look at me like I was someone who made the biggest mistake in my life. But despite the hard times that I was going through, I continued my pregnancy, and now my eldest is already 10 years old while my youngest is 6 years old already.
Now, talking about the title of this blog "How Far Can I sacrifice for my kids?"
Ever since I became a mother, there are so many changes happened in my life. Prioritizing my kids before myself, sacrificing a lot for them, and always thinking about their well-being is one of those changes that happened to me.
Sacrifice is part of our lives as mothers, but how far can I sacrifice for my kids? I can't directly tell how far I can sacrifice for them but one thing I'm sure about is as long as I still breathe, I will do everything for them. I will sacrifice as long as I can and I'm willing to do it just to make or give the life that they deserve.
In the past few years, here are the things I had done. But at first, I am doubtful if I could do it. I'm doubtful not because I don't want to do it but because it's so heavy to be done by a woman but I still do it because I don't want my kids to be starving. We have not been blessed in life so everything that can give us some food to eat, I'm willing to take part in for my kids.
Carrying A Sack of Newly Harvest Corns
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Living in the province, one of the things we did is plant corn. It was last 2017 when we harvested lots of corn that my father-in-law planted. I together with my father-in-law and his three cousins, harvested those corns under the scorching heat of te sun. Working under the heat of the sun made us easily weak and tired but we continued even if we felt those because we didn't want that those corns will be eaten by big rats and those also might be wet if it rains at night. Each one of us had our sack where we would put our harvested corn. When it was almost getting dark, we started carrying those sacks of corn at home. It was really heavy but I needed to carry it since we were in a hurry. At night, I felt body pains but I told myself that everything I do, I did for my kids. It's for them so they won't be starved. I know the feeling of having nothing to eat since I experienced it when I was a little so when I have kids, I tried my best so that they won't experience the difficulties I had experienced before.
Helping My Partner In His Work
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My partner has been working as a carpenter, electrician, and tiles setter, and sometimes he would do plumbing. But mostly he will contract some houses. Making house poles, slab beams, flooring, and other steps in making a house is what my partner did. If I am not busy with my house chores or at school, I will help him especially if the work requires to be done immediately.
Here was the flooring that we did in Iligan City. It was five rooms and we put red cement to it after putting the mixture of sand and cement. (Four rooms are big while the last one is just 3/4 the size of those other rooms.) Speaking of a mixture of sand and cement, I thought that it was just easy but I was wrong. Putting the sands into the sacks and bringing them to the rooms where we do flooring was tiring and it's painful to our back. On the first day of helping my parter, we were able to finish two rooms. While in the next day we finished one and on the third day, we finally finished the five rooms.
Works As A Babysitter
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This kind of work is not a heavy one but it requires lots of patience and understanding. It was last December 2017 when my sister-in-law told me that there was someone who is looking to babysit their baby because the mother was a working mother. My mother-in-law told me to grab that work since our life was very hard at that time and there were some school fees to be paid at that moment. Babysitting another baby wasn't easy because every day that I'm far from my kids was so difficult. I miss them so much and I'm worried about their well-being.
The most painful part of being in this kind of situation is when I am taking care well of the baby that I babysit while my kids were not well taken care of by their grandparents. That's why after a few months of being away from my kids, I decided to stop working and take care of my kids and this time we lived far from my in-laws. We're trying to live on our own and glad that we were able to stand despite the many hardships that we have been through. I and my partner had helped each other and stick with each other through thick and thin.
Things may not be easy as I had thought my life would be when becoming a mother but all those hardships, struggles, pains, and sacrifices are worth it as long as I saw my kids healthy, happy, and grow up as good kids.
I salute all moms who remain firm for their families especially for their kids despite the hardships they had been through. God bless and more power to us all!
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