Parenting is hard work

     I have a daughter that is 9 years old that thinks she is 19. I love that daughter of mine, I love her with all my heart but to be perfectly honest sometimes I hate being a mother. I am about to say something that only a mother or lets be honest a parent would understand.

     I cook for my family and I clean house, I wash the clothes, I am even the one that writes the checks that pays the bills. I go to the grocery store and buy the food and whatever else is needed when it is needed. I can say without a doubt that more often than not I never hear a word of thanks. Would it be so hard to say thank you once in a while, I can only guess that the word thank you does not apply to mothers.