Comments on: I am human therefore…. http://mygoodfinds.org/2006/04/25/i-am-a/ Blog of an IT Consultant turned WAHM Net entrepreneur. Believes in living green, good food, smart shopping and enjoys digital photography. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:01:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: The Phoenix http://mygoodfinds.org/2006/04/25/i-am-a/#comment-31 The Phoenix Sat, 07 Oct 2006 21:49:12 +0000 http://mygoodfinds.org/2006/04/25/i-am-a/#comment-31 Hi Manang, Thank you for your insightful comment. It's so true that LOVE and RESPECT of the kids can't be bought. I feel very fortunate to be able to stay at home to watch my child grow. I also admire the mothers who have to work outside the home because they need to support their kids. Unfortunately, here in the US most families need 2 working parents to make ends meet. Hi Manang,

Thank you for your insightful comment. It’s so true that LOVE and RESPECT of the kids can’t be bought. I feel very fortunate to be able to stay at home to watch my child grow.

I also admire the mothers who have to work outside the home because they need to support their kids. Unfortunately, here in the US most families need 2 working parents to make ends meet.

]]> By: Manang http://mygoodfinds.org/2006/04/25/i-am-a/#comment-27 Manang Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:22:29 +0000 http://mygoodfinds.org/2006/04/25/i-am-a/#comment-27 and the real reward is when the kids are all grown up, and they LOVE and RESPECT you because of what you have given to them all those years...that is priceless! I have seen my "successful" uncle build his businesses (of clinics and diagnostic centers), but one moment spent with his children (particularly the first two) and them parents and you sense the lack of respect...bitterness and rebellion are there...Even my uncle's voice often have that tone of regret, but it is too late to turn back the time now. Sometimes people are so determined to reach "sucess" in life despite having children as "hindrance." What they do not realize is, after they have reached that success, they still feel empty, but their kids have grown and stayed "far away" from them. In then end they have so much money to spend on empty cruises and world tours, then they resort to charitable deeds, perhaps as a means to unburden their guilty conscience. You go, girl! You (and I and many other SAHMs) have just one chance for every child. Let us do it right. I measure my success in bringing up good citizens out of my chidlren. If they still do not turn out to be what I want them to be, at least I can honestly say I did my best. and the real reward is when the kids are all grown up, and they LOVE and RESPECT you because of what you have given to them all those years…that is priceless!
I have seen my “successful” uncle build his businesses (of clinics and diagnostic centers), but one moment spent with his children (particularly the first two) and them parents and you sense the lack of respect…bitterness and rebellion are there…Even my uncle’s voice often have that tone of regret, but it is too late to turn back the time now.
Sometimes people are so determined to reach “sucess” in life despite having children as “hindrance.” What they do not realize is, after they have reached that success, they still feel empty, but their kids have grown and stayed “far away” from them. In then end they have so much money to spend on empty cruises and world tours, then they resort to charitable deeds, perhaps as a means to unburden their guilty conscience.
You go, girl! You (and I and many other SAHMs) have just one chance for every child. Let us do it right. I measure my success in bringing up good citizens out of my chidlren. If they still do not turn out to be what I want them to be, at least I can honestly say I did my best.

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