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Somebody Said
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Somebody said a mother is an unskilled labourer
Somebody never gave a squirmy infant a bath.
Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby
Somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother, normal is history.
Somebody said a mother's job consists of wiping noses and changing nappies
Somebody doesn't know that a child is much more than the shell he lives in.
Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct
Somebody never took a 3 year-old shopping.
Somebody said being a mother is boring
Somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.
Somebody said teachers, psychologists, and paediatricians know more about children than their mothers
Somebody hasn't invested her heart in another human being.
Somebody said being a mother is what you do in your spare time
Somebody doesn't know that when you're a mother, you're a mother ALL the time.
Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices
Somebody never came out the back door just in time to see her child wind up a golf ball into the neighbour's kitchen window.
Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother
Somebody never helped a fourth grader with his maths.
Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the first
Somebody doesn't have five children.
Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her childbearing questions in the books
Somebody never had a child stuff beans up his nose.
Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labour and delivery
Somebody never watched her "baby" get on the bus for the first day of school.
Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one hand tied behind her back
Somebody never organised seven giggling Brownies to sell cookies.
Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets married
Somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a mother's heartstrings.
Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home
Somebody never had grandchildren.
Somebody said being a mother is a side dish on the plate of life
Somebody doesn't know what fills you up.
Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her
Somebody isn't a Mother
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Somebody said a mother is an unskilled labourer
Somebody never gave a squirmy infant a bath.
Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby
Somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother, normal is history.
Somebody said a mother's job consists of wiping noses and changing nappies
Somebody doesn't know that a child is much more than the shell he lives in.
Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct
Somebody never took a 3 year-old shopping.
Somebody said being a mother is boring
Somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.
Somebody said teachers, psychologists, and paediatricians know more about children than their mothers
Somebody hasn't invested her heart in another human being.
Somebody said being a mother is what you do in your spare time
Somebody doesn't know that when you're a mother, you're a mother ALL the time.
Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices
Somebody never came out the back door just in time to see her child wind up a golf ball into the neighbour's kitchen window.
Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother
Somebody never helped a fourth grader with his maths.
Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the first
Somebody doesn't have five children.
Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her childbearing questions in the books
Somebody never had a child stuff beans up his nose.
Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labour and delivery
Somebody never watched her "baby" get on the bus for the first day of school.
Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one hand tied behind her back
Somebody never organised seven giggling Brownies to sell cookies.
Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets married
Somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a mother's heartstrings.
Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home
Somebody never had grandchildren.
Somebody said being a mother is a side dish on the plate of life
Somebody doesn't know what fills you up.
Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her
Somebody isn't a Mother
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