Amy,

If you hadn't had a stroke would you still handle this situation the same way? Maybe you're trying too hard to be super mom to over compensate? I'm not a mother but I would think that this is the kind of thing you'd use as a tool to teach a child. After all, it's not a contest...who can be first in line. You are all loving moms waiting in cars and your love for your child is not graded accordingly to your place in line. It's unrealistic to think you can always live up to the naive expectations of a child and what better time start teaching her that? Why not talk to her instead of killing yourself to be first in line? Explain that to her every mom in line is equal in their love for their kids, placement means nothing.

Jean

Jean:

you are the best could you please raise my child for me, or give good tips on howto be good mother

Asha(stll learning &fumbling in the role of mom)

Asha

Asha,

I agree we maybe do suffer trying to be the best cause we suffer guilt of our strokes may have effected them (maybe not in your case, agewise, mine were in 4th and 5th at the time). I lose my temper sometimes (teens, need I say more, you'll roux the day they learned to talk when you hit the teen years!) but then I overcompensate by being too nice right after that. We're all still learnin. Believe me I can just cry at the thought of attending my 8th grader's grad this June! I hate this...Maybe I can distract myself taking pics??