Being a miner's wife, every now and then I get a taste of the lonely life of single parenting. It is soooo hard! The afternoon tasks are near impossible, the kids homework, the sports training, the bathing, the tantrums, the home readers, the dinner, getting the lunch boxes ready for tomorrow. And then there's making ends meet when you are the only bread winner! Then at about 2am when you are finally getting into your lonely bed you have noone to lend a sympathetic ear, or share adult conversation or give any words of support or encouragement, not so much as "dinner was really yummy tonight".
So if you are a single Mum I salute you! You are doing an awesome job and you should be proud of all you do!
If you are a working Mum, hats off to you, you are doing the hardest job in the world and some! It takes incredible discipline and organisation skills to hold down a job aswell as keep your family functionable.
If you are a single, working Mum, you are the bomb! Maybe you should be giving Julia G advice, we could use some more Mums in parliament, if we ever got time to play that game!
Well done and keep up the good work, on behalf of Australia, thank you for doing what you are doing! Just remember that we don't have to be perfect parents, just good enough parents, don't beat yourself up over your mistakes, learn from them and pass your wisdom onto your children, when people ask what you do, remember that you are raising the next generation of Australia, hold your head high and wear your title with pride "I am a Mum!"
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