The joys and challenges of motherhood!

We celebrated Mother's Day with so much ado in the western world yesterday May 8, 2011. In my view, motherhood is not confined to those women who have brought into this world biological children. Motherhood extends to all women who at one time or another have looked after children whom they relate to as blood relations or because they have adopted them or, indeed, because they have felt the compassion to do so. With this in mind, I wish to share views on the joys and challenges of raising children. Please remember that by sharing our experiences we will be helping each other and that those amongst us who are struggling in this area do not have to re-invent the wheel!