Because *Tm is a single mother she has to financially support her children and because of that she has to miss-out on the little moments that at home mother can enjoy. Run to work, run to home, run to school, to the store, babysitters and obliviously I am not alone because *Tm has written a blog post that is similar to what I go through too. As far as this post has let me know *Tm stands for Terrible Mother, the name of her post is Reality Bites.
“I’m one of those mothers who has always worked.” “And when I mean “worked” I mean outside the home.” In this essay *tm is talking about being a mom that has always worked outside the home and the comparison of being a stay at home mom. And how they differ and which one in her opinion is harder. *Tm believes that both a stay at home mom and a working mom are both just as hard, and I agree with that, because both are very busy and strenuous. There are so many things that can factor into which is harder.
*Tm is vague on where she works. I am uncertain where she works, she dose refer that she worried about returning to work.*Tm is worried about returning to work because she believes that she couldn’t even manage the simple task of being a stay at home mom. Because she has been at home for a while her grammar has went down hill a bit because she hasn’t had much adult time. I totally agree I catch myself saying kid words all the time, and I do agree that being a stay at home mom compared to working is just as hard, at least when you get up to go to work you get a little vacation because your not around the kids. But in my case I miss Gracie all the time because it seems like I never just have a day to take her somewhere to go do something. I work about 15 to 25 hours a week at a local pizza shop. Then also I am a full time college student then on top of that being a mommy the trying to squeeze time for me to have fun. Sometimes it seems like this world just spins around me, and I am just along for the ride, and as in every day goes so fast, and so much to accomplish I am sure that is how *Tm feels sometimes too.
Another thing that *Tm mentioned is that being a stay at home parent is like a privilege because who can afford that these days? Who can really afford that unless you just don’t care that you are struggling, or that you are a mid or upper class family. I would love to stay at home and do all the little fun things that stay at home moms can do, like scrap booking, painting with the kids of just going outside and watching the kids go crazy.
I totally understand how *Tm feels about everything that she has shared. Life is so crazy in a sense. They is just so much that us moms have to do. Sometimes I don’t know how I do it. Like how I go to work and go to school full time and get all of that homework done then have time for Gracie. In a way that is what she is saying too. Finding the way to be the best mom and financially steady with just one person to count on. Being a single mom you know its great but all at the same time it is so hard.
The logic of this essay is very believable, because of the things that she has mentioned. Example “being a stay at home parent, in this day and age, is almost always a marker of privilege.” *Tm saying that it is a privilege is very true. Who can afford to stay at home with the children these days? Also *Tm says “my return to overwrought conversations about politics and pop culture and to coffee in the afternoon with friends and meeting in the halls and work jokes.” These kinds of things are very important for any person. Being secluded with just the children can be rough in many ways like *Tm said you start to lose the grammar you used to know, and start talking like one of the kids. Instead of saying “yes” you start to say yeah or “huh”.
I think the tone of this essay is melancholy, maybe even a little said about the whole discussion I say this because she does not sound really happy about hafting to go back to work she bluntly said that she is worried about returning to work, or disusing that she is a single mom and how hard it is. Or how she mentions that she has had back surgery and she is not fully recovered, she still has pains and I think that is just another reason that her tone is melancholy.
The diction in this essay could use some improvements. There a few misspelled words and sentences that are missing connecting words. Example in some of the sentences she has written she is missing an and, have or capitalized words in the middle of the sentence. Besides those few minor mistakes the over all diction of this essay look to be well written.
The structure of this essay I think could use some improvements also. This essay does not seem to have a real body. It seems that every paragraph has its own topic. Like she jumps from returning back to work to life gives you comeuppance and being a stay at home mother. The paragraphs in this essay I think are well formed.
I think that *Tm is a very smart women and knows a little bit about life throwing you curve balls, also and how to ovoid them or correct them the right way. This post is an overall reflection of my experiences.
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