Becka Babe

When you asked for a example of how were becoming our mothers I had to think for a bit, I see more of my father coming out in me which is not always better or worse than becoming our mothers. Eventually I was able to find habits of mine that I hadn't realized were there thanks to my mother.
My mother is a stay at home/home school teacher to six kids so every now and then she gets cabin fever and has to get out for a few hours. Now this doesn't sound to bad, every Mommy needs a girls night out or just go for a breather. Only,,,,,my mother had the bad habit of leaving and NOT TELLING ANYONE WHERE SHE WAS GOING!!! She would tell me I was in charge and she was going out for a awhile. You must also remember this was the time before cell phones were common. SO inevitably my father would call looking for mom and then find out that I knew she was gone but didn't know to where he would of course get upset.
Now my children are not old enough for me to leave with out finding a sitter, but there has been more than one occasion that when I leave them with Tim so that I can run to ONE store for ONE thing, I think up a hundred other places I need to go and a hundred other things to do. I have the habit of leaving and disappearing for a few hours. Tim is always with the kids and I have a cell phone if he needs me.
But I'm no longer against my mother's completely annoying habit of going of for two hours to see a movie alone in a quiet, relaxing, dark theater. I suppose I get my annoying habits/moments from my mother. But I don't mind we've worked hard to earn the right for them.