Can having kids hold you back?

How does one have more than one child I use to wonder? Before having children, people always say I don’t have time and once you have one child you realize how precious time is. I am a proud mother of two girls. My first born, Brianna Abigail, is a sassy four year old girl who is into makeup, going church so that she can wear her dresses, painting her nails, and doing what kids like to do like watching her Ipad videos/T.V. Now, my 5 month old, Bridgette Olivia, is a calm soul and a very happy baby. Between the both of them, I find it extremely difficult to do a lot of things. But then I think back, when I had just one kid I “never had time.” There are people out there that have three; four, five plus kids and they make time for what is important to them. When I found I was pregnant with Bridgette, I felt sad for Brianna-how can I spilt my time or my love. It is possible to love your children equally and still have more love to give if you have more. After experiencing a pregnancy scare last month, I realized that if I do have another child it will be ok and I will figure it out like I have with both these two precious girls. It will not be the end of the world. After all, once we are old, are children are our legacy and one’s hope is that they will take care of us when we can’t. Now, there are a lot of layers to this post. Just because you have multiple kids does not mean you stop seeing your friends, go shopping, go get a drink once a blue, stop living. I have friends that I have not seen in over a year and we live in the same borough for crying out loud! Make time for what is important whether it is friendships, pampering yourself, or writing a little post like this. After ten plus years, I quit my job in retail from one day to the next-Why?? So many reasons, but I realized that I want 2017 to be about me and my kids happiness and I want more time doing other things. I have a lot of aspirations and will not let anyone or anything get in the way of this. Many people have told me, “You can’t do this and or that because you are a mom and you have a lot on your plate.” Please, don’t just prejudge what a mother can and or can’t do. The whole point of this post is just that, when you want something bad enough, you can accomplish it with or without a multitude of offsprings. I feel like I am giving a motivational speech, OOUU, baby Jesus take the wheel, ok I had a moment….. 2017- To doing what you want when you want! -Evelyn Marks