Rain or Shine, Mom is Always the First To Wake Up
By Morning Girl
@salonga (27775)
Philippines
December 5, 2015 1:01am CST
I woke up to a cold, rainy Saturday morning. Peeking at my garden, I saw my plants enjoying the gentle showers of rain. I am happy I need not water the plants. While my husband is still curling in bed, I started my daily morning routine. I have lots of chores that must be accomplished.
When I was a child, my Mom was always the first to wake up in the morning. Even while it was still dark, she would start doing the chores quietly before waking us up for breakfast.
History indeed repeats itself. Now it is my turn to be the first to wake up each morning. I can see my own Mom in me.
Are you the first to wake up in the morning?
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@kaka135 (14931)
• Malaysia
5 Dec 15
My mom was always the one who woke up first. I used to be the first who woke up in the morning, as I woke up very early in the morning to do my work before the children got up. Now that I am pregnant, I always wake up late. Sometimes it's my son who wakes me up in the morning. Sometimes if I don't feel well in the morning, my children just play on their own while I continue to sleep. My mom has never been this lazy before, even when she was sick. 
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@kaka135 (14931)
• Malaysia
5 Dec 15
@salonga Thanks. Though sometimes I feel bad about being lazy, I am happy to see my two young children are quite independent too. I see they can take care of themselves even I am not around.
I have read that, when the mother is very hardworking, the children might become lazy. When the mother is lazy, the children will be more hardworking. Though the author doesn't encourage the mothers to be lazy, it encourages the mothers not to do everything, but to give chance to the children to do work. 
I have read that, when the mother is very hardworking, the children might become lazy. When the mother is lazy, the children will be more hardworking. Though the author doesn't encourage the mothers to be lazy, it encourages the mothers not to do everything, but to give chance to the children to do work. 2 people like this
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
7 Dec 15
Yes, on weekdays , i am always the first one . Then my husband . If the in-laws are here , the third is my mother-in-law . Oh , father-in-law is the first one to wake up because when i pass by his room , he is watching DVD at his dvd player . Then he would sleep again .
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
5 Dec 15
I always wake up when I have my duty, at 4:30AM. I don't wake my son up because he puts his cell phone on alarm mode.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Dec 15
@salonga indeed, but even though I am early in the area, some staff nurses arrive late because they know the outgoing staff nurses have not yet finished their tasks. Endorsement should begin at 6:45AM; it starts at 7:30AM.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
8 Dec 15
Yes, I used to be the first to wake in the morning and the last one to go to bed when my children were little.. But it's just me and my husband now so I don't have to wake up that early anymore.. Especially now that we are retired ..
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
6 Dec 15
I am the first and the last. I live by myself.
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
5 Dec 15
I don't think the house moves until mom does.
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@pumpkinjam (8754)
• United Kingdom
4 Jun 17
Sometimes I am first up, sometimes not. It's only me and the youngest at home most of the time. I used to get up first and wake him and his brother before he moved out. Now, sometimes I get up first but sometimes my son does. We stay with my partner on a Saturday and he likes to make sure I have a lie in. It doesn't always happen but most Sundays, I get to be the last one up!
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@pumpkinjam (8754)
• United Kingdom
8 Jun 17
@salonga I used to always be the first one up but since my boys are growing up and able to do more for themselves, and I have a lovely partner who appreciates how hard I work during the week and likes to look after me!
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
19 Jan 16
I am always the first to get up in the morning. Though I have to say this morning my hubs got up first.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
10 Dec 15
Our kids are grown and its just the two of us. Hubby wakes up first and goes to the gym, then I wake up and go to the computer...
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