Mamas - by Megan Williams (Dec 2012)

Megan is one of the Mums who was a member of our Term 4 2012 Island Bay group.  Megan wrote this special poem about her experiences and what led her to Mothers' Network.  Thank you for sharing it with us Megan. 

Sometimes we gallop down the path
Today we pick flowers on the way
we go slow
We won’t get there very fast, infact we’re gonna be late
Mummy will just have to learn to go
with the flow
 
Sometimes we want our Mamas close
Cause we need to have a cry
Our burden has got heavy and
we can no longer try
To juggle all the jobs at once
Somethings gotta give
 
We lose our sleep, we lose our minds
We lose what we’re about
We forget to give ourselves a break
and we need to have it spelled out
That Mummy is important too and
other things can wait
The chores can marinate tonight cause
Mummy needs a break
 
We long for peace and quiet but
we want our voice heard
And date nights so far have only ended up absurd!
We just want some chocolate or a soppy DVD
or maybe a bath of bubbles and a glass of pinot gris
We learn the lesson that to truly treat ourselves
we need to pay a babysitter and get the hell out of the house
 
Sometimes we have to raise our voice
Sometimes we need to scream!
We can’t seem to tell our partners what we really need
And they get annoyed with us and want to have some space
Did our friends with kids just not tell us about what parents face?
 
But sometimes a woman has to do what a woman has to do
She needs to make a plan right now or she will be screwed
To do something she used to do, like going to a gig
or throwing back a wine or beer, or in the garden to dig
It’s ok to be angry or be bitter for a while,
Cause when we’re tired our emotions, they tend to run wild
But taking some time out to breathe, and talking to a friend,
or joining a mothers network group before you go around the bend!