Yes, and she hated it. She had multiple jobs here and there that gave her autonomy and some space from the challenges of raising children.
She wouldn’t trade raising two kids for the world, but illness if multiple family members made her give that up, and she misses having something to call her own. Work is good and honorable, it gave her something else to accomplish and call her own.
Was your mum “simply a housewife”?
Yes, and she hated it. She had multiple jobs here and there that gave her autonomy and some space from the challenges of raising children.
She wouldn’t trade raising two kids for the world, but illness if multiple family members made her give that up, and she misses having something to call her own. Work is good and honorable, it gave her something else to accomplish and call her own.