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without children

Without children, where would I be?

If I didn’t have children I would never have known that the early bird doesn’t really catch the worm. No, the early bird just keeps on and on until the fat old lazy bird who desperately wants to stay asleep stumbles out of her nest to sort out putting the worm in a bowl and adding warm milk.

Without children I would never have discovered that blu tack cannot be removed from carpet once it has been firmly hammered in by Buzz Lightyears shoe; or that Dulux extra strong washable wall paint is useless against five year old twins when they have been gardening without gloves.

Without children I would never be able to appreciate the convenience of nipping into M and S on the way home from work and thinking nothing of buying a meal for two with a bottle of wine for twenty quid. Now with three of the blighters and one monthly income twenty quid is almost half of the Aldi weekly shopping budget and M and S food is almost as extravagant as going to Claridges once was.

Without children I would never have known how lucky I was to have once had a stomach that didn’t look like a road map and didn’t wobble when I laugh. And without children I wouldn’t have never exposed my breasts in Starbucks without a great deal of cider inside my nice plain hard tummy.

Without children I would have never sampled a Thomas Cook all inclusive holiday where I discovered Bingo really can be fun and queueing for your dinner is fine so long as the kids are happy.

Without children I would never have rediscovered jelly and ice cream, or have realised the extra thrill of adding smarties to the top. Nor would I have had the pleasure of riding ‘Fairytale Brook’ at Legoland in excess of thirty times in one year.

Without children I would never have known the absolute unconditional love that binds a mother to her babies.

Without children – well life simply wouldn’t be as much fun.

Comments

  1. Mom-on-a-Wire (Alethea) says

    February 22, 2011 at 9:29 pm

    Simply perfect and oh so true!

    I cannot actually imagine a parallel life without our Little Man, far too depressing.

    Reply
  2. The Moiderer says

    February 22, 2011 at 9:33 pm

    I agree with that last comment absolutely and totally!

    Reply
  3. Honest Mum says

    February 22, 2011 at 10:00 pm

    Gorgeous heart warming post and so true: nothing like a mother’s love.

    Reply
  4. Kerry says

    February 22, 2011 at 10:35 pm

    What a lovely post, and so true there is nothing like a mother’s love. I would also like to add that without children, I would have never loved and appreciated my own mother like I do now. xx

    Reply
  5. Nat says

    February 23, 2011 at 8:05 am

    We often reflect back on what was an amazing life in Sydney filled with great holidays and fabulous food. and SLEEP lol we miss it but we had 8 years of it and now we’re parents and love it (mostly) do hanker for a rather quiet meal out though lol

    Reply
  6. Bouche in the City says

    February 23, 2011 at 5:14 pm

    Ahhh what a lovely post. It made me laugh about starbucks! ๐Ÿ˜€

    Reply
  7. mummy@bodfortea says

    February 24, 2011 at 6:45 am

    I LOVED this post! It made me laugh out loud so thank you ๐Ÿ˜€ I’ve made it my post of the week and added it over at Notes from Home by the way x

    Reply
  8. SAHMlovingit says

    February 24, 2011 at 8:26 am

    Such a fab post! Love it. Came over from Bods place ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  9. ella says

    February 24, 2011 at 4:39 pm

    I love this post! And I completely agree about the Thomas Cook holiday ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  10. Liska says

    February 25, 2011 at 11:19 am

    I cam over from Bod for Tea tooooooo.
    Such a great post and fully deserving of her “post of the week” to you.
    Liska xxx

    Reply
  11. maddydodo says

    April 16, 2011 at 7:23 am

    Love it – very funny! I definitely think having kids makes me appreciate the small stuff – on the rare occasions I get to go to the cinema now, I’m almost jumping up and down with excitement!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      April 16, 2011 at 11:37 am

      I know can you believe the cinema is now a luxury!!!

      Reply

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