As a mother,what is the hardest thing you had to do?

The hardest thing I have ever had to do as a mother falls in to my step mom thing. My husband has a daughter from his first marriage. We have custody of her. The hardest thing I have had to do was take her to her mothers - where I knew she would come home dirty, with no sleep, after eating nothing but junk and having no discipline or rules at all - so basically a 2 year old monster instead of the polite little girl I dropped off. And the way she would cry when it was time to go home. I knew it was because she never saw her mom, but it still broke my heart that she had a bed and toys and things at our house but she never wanted to leave. Fortunatley, baby mama bailed out of the picture in Feb. and signed over all over her parental rights.

That's sad, I'm sorry to hear that dfollin and I admire you for being so brave to do that. Your daughter is lucky to have a mom like you. Being a mom to me is like having the toughest job in the universe! but it's the only job that gives you the most satisfaction. So far I have not done anything as a mom that is extremely hard though, what's just hard for me now is working while being a mom at the same time. Especially at these times where my schedule is at the graveyard, I had to prepare the kids for school upon arriving from work, then sleep then wake up early to fetch them and then do the assignments with them! oh boy sometimes I can't believe I am able to do it all.. LoL! it's really tiring but we're moms! we have to be there for our kids!! A simple thank you and hug from them eases all the tiredness :).

Wow my heart goes out to you. That is very hard. I had to tell my son that his father no longer wanted to see him. That was hard for me because I didn't understand how you stop seeing your own child. Then again some people are just evil. My son has gotten better at accepting it but every once in awhile wonders what he did wrong.

For me as a single parent the hardest thing that I deal with, is when I hear my nine year old and five year old talking about the times they have shared with their father. I have already explained to them the reason why their daddy is no longer in the picture and it was difficult to see the hurt in their eyes, when they realized that he wasn’t coming back. No, he didn’t die, he just simply walked out on us! There are times when my two are lying in bed talking about the moments they have shared with their dad and it crushes my heart. I can see the pain in their eyes and hear the tremor in their voices as they speak. Often times I walk out of the room and begin to cry.

for me it's really hard to see my children could no longer go to school. I can't afford to let them stop so I tried so hard to let them finish their studies.

I am so touched after reading this post that I really cried. May God give your childrens all the happiness from you mothers. God bless you all.