I Am a Mother

@MaylaJay (349)
January 13, 2013 11:31am CST
I have been a mother most of my life. I have always babied my whole family. When they're sick, I've taken care of them. When they're down, I try to bring them back up. I remind them to take medicine, I cook for them and then obsess over if they like it or not. I was a mother long before I got pregnant. I mothered my older brother the most. I'd always fix him food (at midnight!), get him another Mountain Dew, and make sure he didn't do anything crazy when he used to get messed up. So what about you guys? Is there someone in your family, besides your kids, that you often mothered?
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@shahmi (81)
• Sri Lanka
14 Jan 13
No we had only my mother. My father was abroad and I and my elder sister had only my mother. When my sister grow up then she look after me I love my family a lot because if they didn't care about me I wouldn't be a man....
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
14 Jan 13
I am close to my husband's twin nephew and niece. I give them the love that I give my kids. Coz sometimes, I do feel that their mother could be little harsh on them, and could sometimes be lazy on doing things for them. And even though they are capable of buying more things than I can for my own family, still I give them something whenever I have. It is not hard for me to love the kids. They just live next door and I have helped their mom take care of them since they were kids. They practically go to me to ask help and I do provide them as much as I can. I even bring them along even if there was a party on my side of the family. That is how I love those kids.
@edvc77 (2140)
• Philippines
14 Jan 13
I'm a mother of a three year old son now. However, when I was still teaching I was a mother too of my students. And now, they are grown up still they remember me. I'm so happy that they have not forgotten me. They would text messages or post messages in my facebook. Now, I'm attending to my son and I dearly love him. :-)
@neelia27 (896)
• Philippines
14 Jan 13
Well I'm the youngest in my family so I'm used to being babied.. and now that I have my own family so I take care of them and babied them., I love taking care of my family., they are my life and they are my world..
• United States
14 Jan 13
yes. my nephews and niece. Their mother always wanted to party.
• Philippines
14 Jan 13
I have been a mother for most for almost 9 years and mother also to my 2 nieces. I've always taking care for them and look after them .when they got sick I am very caring and helping for their medicine . I am very generous to them and treat them like my own child's. as I have also my own 3 kids . I love kids and i love taking care of my 2 nieces and treat them like my own.
• Canada
13 Jan 13
Oh for sure! To a degree, I guess I always "mother" my partner. I've always been the type that does all the laundry, makes proper and healthy lunches to carry to work, shops for their clothing that they never seem to think they need, takes care when they are sick, etc. Funny thing is, though, I want to do those things at my own choosing... if I'm with a guy that expects any of that stuff, my first reaction is to say, "Hey!! I'm NOT your mother!!"
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
13 Jan 13
I am always a mother to my kids even if they are already grown ups. My kids are young teens and still they are my baby up to now. Though they can take care of themselves and do their own things already- still I am always there to guide them and give them first hand in everything that they do.
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
13 Jan 13
I was always a mom to my brother. He worked from the time he was 13 here. i always made sure his cloths and things were clean. I cooked for him, as he had different hours than my mom and dad.
• United States
13 Jan 13
My younger sister. I always took care of her. She would get in to so much trouble on her own and I always helped get out of it. I cleaned up after her and made sure she did homework. Made sure she took care of herself and her responsiblies. I look back on it now and figure is was good training for motherhood. But I can also see the mistakes I made and hope not to repeat them with my own kids.