Amen, Sister. Everything has it's season, and nurturing children is critically important not only for them but for mom's mental health in all of her life. Nothing hurts worse than regret for things NOT done in their season. To have been emotionally and physically present, accepting and loving to your little ones. That is the quandary, though. If a mom is a homemaker, and emotionally distant from her kids instead of responsive, detached instead of a warm hugger, then her children suffer. I can honestly say that if my mom had been a fulfilled person who worked, but came home and showed me she really loved me, it would have been better than her home all the time obviously unhappy in her life and barely tolerating my presence. I was the loneliest child and I have spent a lifetime trying to understand.

Amen, Sister.