I know my Mom would be appalled at us liberated women not having the time to cook meals.

But, then, sometimes I wonder if she was the liberated one.

She had time to play bridge with the girls on Wednesday afternoons, and she was always there for her kids (me and my brother Bobby) when we got home from school.

She was always relaxed at our events and was always there too as Dad slaved at the office.

Then I got it into my head to get liberated, and now my guy expects that I will work outside the home, as well as take care of the needs of the children.

No wonder the divorce rate has gone over 50% in this country.

We gals have MAYBE screwed ourselves.

I know one thing for sure. My kids don’t have anywhere near the kind of natural affection for me as I had for my Mom. Mom was as I said always relaxed, had time to cook good meals for us and actually enjoyed doing it, was able to paint and read to her heart’s content, and live a nice life.

It was my Dad’s duty to earn the bread, and he didn’t have to compete with an office full of females wanting to be with their kids to do it.

It was almost unheard of in my neighborhood for a divorce to happen. It almost never did. I can only remember one and that was because of a drinking problem in the home.

Anyway, thanks for this recipe. I’ll enjoy doing it.

I just wish I had time to make the wonderful chocolate chip cookies Mom used to always make from scratch. Not me. It’s Safeway all the way dragging tired kids up and down the isles.

My Mom always did the shopping while we were in school after, of course, we had reached the age of five. Before that I have no recollection except being picked up by Mom who ALWAYS responded to me in the crib.

Dad was never expected to do that. His job was to be the successful hunter and my Mom’s job was to take care of the hearth.

It worked well. We weren’t rich or anything. Just middle class. The guys competed with each other at work, and took care of their families financially.

Mom was the heart and Dad was the heat.

Come to think of it, I loved my family life as a child.

What the hell have I done with my attitudes?

Am I fulfilled. Hell no!

Beth

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