Doesn't everyone want someone to listen to what they have to say?
Who doesn't want to feel like what they have to say is important to someone? I am the mother of four young children and I have days where I am just screaming for conversations that don't involve me talking to or about children. Every once in a while I would like someone to ask me what I think of the situation in Iraq or whether or not I agree with the latest tax policy that our government has come up with to win votes. I don't want to be asked my opinion on the best stuff for headlice. Every once in a while I would like to be thought of as more than just their mum or his wife. I feel like I am losing all my social skills as it has been that long since I could find a babysitter to watch four children. And most of all I am sick and tired of feeling like I am stuck in a timewarp while the rest of the world has passed me by. Although deep down I know I am joined by about 20million other mothers around the world who are feeling the same way as me, I still feel more alone and cut off from the rest of the world than I ever have before. And as much as I love my kids and love them I do, I have days where I am desperate to be alone with my loneliness. But then I have days where life is perfect. It is just every once in awhile I want to be heard by someone who understands what I am trying to say.