Thoughts From the Front Lines by ironshield

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blog · @ironshield · Jul 6 '17 (edited)

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Thoughts From the Front Lines

<h2><center>Thoughts From the Front Lines</center></h2>
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<div class="text-justify"><p>I'm the woman people make fun of: you know, the pregnant barefoot one in the kitchen. Except I wear shoes. Too much going barefoot hurts my feet. </p> 

<p>My husband and I got a bit of a late start but after five years we have a growing gaggle of crumb crunchers keeping us in a whirl of pigtails, diapers, bedtime stories and moments that make you go "huh?" Our fourth child is due in November just before our sixth wedding anniversary and Ben - my wonderful husband @ironshield - is quietly hoping for a re-balancing of the high female-to-male ratio currently dominating our household. I'm not completely sure we produce the boy variety of baby. It's a good thing we do happen to have wonderful girls. </p></div>

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 <p>I've been writing a long time, though initially it was all fiction. Dumb fiction. Thankfully I was just smart enough not to try publishing my blackmail material...er, Star Wars fan fiction. Over time, I've learned I'm much better at non-fiction. Yeah, I know the old saying about everyone having a novel in them somewhere, but good fiction writing takes a lot of planning, practice, hard work and long-term dedication, of which I'm not sure I have available at the moment. My laundry would probably never get done if I tried. There'd be a click bait article somewhere about "35 year old woman found buried in an avalanche of socks clutching depowered laptop".</div></p>

<div class="text-justify"><p>Today I'm content with writing short thoughts which I can spend time distilling down to their point while I'm doing other things. Most of my energy has to be spent on shaping my little people into the beautiful, civilized, strong-charactered women they were meant to be and keeping them fed, clean and clothed in the process. My job is the training and preservation of the next generation; if you want to get poetic, this career keeps civilization alive in the face of encroaching chaos. Mothers have been on the front lines of this battle since time began, so it's a little like being handed the flag in the middle of a fight and being told, "Better not drop this or everyone behind you will scatter and we'll lose everything." </p>

<p>Holding this position - wife, mom, hearthkeeper - generally gives people a good observational vantage point, if not a very original one. There's a lot to think about beyond Barney and peanut butter sandwiches. Not that Barney is actually taking up any of my brain space. In a stroke of good news for my sanity, we have no TV. This has nothing to do with the number of our children, so now you don't need to make that joke if you were thinking about it. </p>

<p>Good to join you all. Steem on! I think I'm going to go fold those socks.</p></div> @ironshield

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@boodles17 · Jul 3 '17 (edited)

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@ironshield, Putting together all those socks are every mother's nemesis.😉

👍 ironshield

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@ironshield · Jul 4 '17

Yes absolutely!  That's what you have little kids for when they get bigger.   @ironshield

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@digitalplayer · Jul 7 '17

Welcome and Thank You for being with us!! Following your Blog now

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@dracoblueflame · Jul 4 '17

Gotta love tiny socks!  Lol.

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@ironshield · Jul 4 '17

The ones the sock monster eats.  He eats only one.  Leaves the other behind for evidence.  @ironshield

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@everittdmickey · Jul 4 '17

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_I'm the woman people make fun of: you know, the pregnant barefoot one in the kitchen._
 I don't.
You, and women like you, are the  reason civilization exists...you are the reason for mother's day.
Don't accept the denigration from anyone.
you are the pinnacle.
they are the crumbs..

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@ironshield · Jul 4 '17

Wow. Maybe I should take my shoes off after all. Thank you. :-) - Lauren

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@underground · Jul 4 '17

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WELL SAID!

👍 everittdmickey

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@frugallady · Jul 25 '17

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Amen. What a blessing to have had so many little ones in such a short period of time.  
I would love to hear more from your perspective. We, mothers, will have to unite and share with the world the importance of our job because while I agree with @everittdmickey, I know what it feels like to be *that woman* too.

👍 ironshield

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@gaman · Jul 6 '17

Hi ironshield. Welcome to steem community! Great post, I will follow you. Please follow me too at @gaman

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@haji · Jul 3 '17

Hello dear friend, you are looking for
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@kassie-vegas · Jul 5 '17

Welcome to steemit !! Followed. **Follow me back** &#128536;

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@khunpoom · Jul 3 '17

Hello @Ironshield!! Glad to see more people like you - here joining steemit! Becoming a steamian is a great adventure! Here you can win money while bloging! At the beginning it wouldn't be easy, but it isn't impossible. So just write from your heart and everything will be allright. Wish you much luck!
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@looking4llamas · Jul 3 '17

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@marcel1965 · Jul 3 '17

Welcome and enjoy

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@mekong · Jul 3 '17

Hello @ironshield I hope you enjoy your time here, its a great community ! Nice post, i will follow your account, please follow me at @mekong

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@mericanhomestead · Jul 4 '17

$0.08

Great job Lauren! Hope you will write some more on here!

👍 ironshield

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@ironshield · Jul 4 '17

While we've been waiting for Steemit to approve an account for Lauren, she's written a few dozen posts.  Lots more to come!   @ironshield

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@mericanhomestead · Jul 4 '17

GREAT!

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@mybrp · Jul 3 '17

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@randowhale · Jul 3 '17

This post received a 1.4% upvote from @randowhale thanks to @ironshield!  For more information, [click here](https://steemit.com/steemit/@randowhale/introducing-randowhale-will-you-get-the-100-vote-give-it-a-shot)!

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@ronnielong11 · Jul 3 '17

Welcome to Steemit! Nice post.

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@slhomestead · Jul 4 '17

Love it.  I went from a fan-fiction and fantasy writing 20-something college student (let it never be mentioned again) to a homesteading wife and mother, and I am happily barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen as well.  No looking back on that somewhat wasted past!  I hate how this role is so demeaned and devalued in mainstream society--I am happy to be the one to feed, clean, and raise my own children!   If my husband and I don't do it, we'd just be working to pay someone else to do it??  That makes no sense to me.

PHEW I better calm down, this really gets me riled up, haha!  I am so happy to see others sharing their lives in a positive way, showing that CHOOSING to be a supportive wife and good mother is a GOOD choice too.  Welcome aboard the crazyweird SteemIt train.

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