Saturday, November 16, 2019
What 15 working moms REALLY want for Mothers Day
What 15 working moms REALLY want for Mother's Day What 15 working moms REALLY want for Mother's Day Chances are, if you ask your mom what she wants for Motherâs Day, sheâll probably tell you that she just wants her family to be together and happy. While such sentiments are sweet, we think your mom deserves a little more.You know, the good stuff: sleep, chocolate, a massage, and several hours where she doesnât have to scoop, wipe, sweep, wash, or do any other of the millions of mom things she does on a daily basis.With Motherâs Day around the corner, we asked working moms - p.s. ALL moms are working moms - what they want for their special day.Common themes included sleep, professional cleaning services, fun times spent with family, and the ability to sit for longer than a nanosecond without being beckoned to help someone. But more than anything, these moms just want to feel appreciated.Ladders is now on SmartNews!Download the SmartNews app and add the Ladders channel to read the latest career news and advice wherever you go.So, check out their responses and take notes. The n find out what your mom desires most on her special day - and give it to her! âTo have my house professionally cleaned.â â" Caitlin Shoe âI have asked to have my car detailed for the past several Motherâs Days. So far, no luck. Maybe this will be my year!â â" Bronwyn Hays Croley âTo have my house professionally cleaned, and maybe a few extra hours of uninterrupted sleep.â â" Dana Lloren âI know that no matter what we do, I will still have my normal role, i.e., if the kids get dirty, I will be the one to bathe them. So, with that being said, [Iâd like to] make getting dirty worth my while. A âday tripâ to Galveston beach (expensive seafood lunch, too, please) sounds pretty good! My husband - a civil engineer - works 12-hour days 12-13 days in a row, so a day trip is a special use of our time together.â â" Marissa Terry â[As the mother of a six-month-old] I want sleep!â â" Heidi Hamblin âI want to be truly thought of. I want my kids and my husband to do anything under the sun, anything at all, that will show me they thought about me: who I am, what makes me smile, what gives me joy. They could do something as seemingly small as turn up a JT song or make me a cup of tea as itâs not really the act that moves me, itâs the thought.â â" Jodie Utter âIâll be 35 weeks pregnant with my third daughter. My other girls are 3 and (almost) 2, and all I want for Motherâs Day is a pizza brunch with my family, a snuggle sesh with the hubs while the girls nap, and a vanilla Dr. Pepper.â â" Arianna Freelen âA nap!!â â" Carolyn Moore âThis year I would love for my house and car to be professionally cleaned. But more than that, I just want to spend the day with my people doing whatever we feel like doing that day when we wake up.â â" Abbie Dunlap âTo not hear the word âMooooooooommy!!!â ONCE. For the whole day.â â" Emily Solberg âSleep would be lovely, especially if my two-year-old would not stand outside my bedroom door and yell âMama, mama, mamaâ when Iâve gone back to bed after getting up early with him. (My husband is more than willing to take him but canât really stop the yelling). A really lovely day somewhere with family would be nice too.â â" Shannon Brescher Shea âFor time to slow down so I can hold my babies a little longer.â â" Nikki Pennington âA day of not having to answer when someone yells âmom,â and to just sit on my butt and enjoy my family while my husband answers the calls- even if he DID just âfind the perfect positionâ on the couch.â â" Debra Preston âI would LOVE to just spend Motherâs Day with all 4 of my babies doing something outdoors that we all enjoy!â â" Mandi Curt âAll the dirty white socks that have inhabited places I canât find to show up all at once clean and folded and in their proper drawers!â â" Lisa Leshaw Happy Motherâs Day!Candace is a practicing attorney, working parents advocate, freelance writer, and proud mom. Her legal practice focuses on workersâ rights. She can be found writing about law, motherhood, and more on her blog as The Mom at Law.This article first appeared on Fairygodboss.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.