The author expresses her emotional turmoil over her three adult daughters' decisions to not focus on having children. She shares her own struggles with motherhood and acknowledges that while she understands their reasons, the prospect of not becoming a grandmother weighs heavily on her. One daughter is leaning towards adoption, another is undecided but interested, and the last is pursuing her career first. The author grapples with the fear that she may never experience being a grandmother and recognizes the challenges facing her daughters in achieving parenthood.
As a mother to three adult daughters, I'll be the first to tell you motherhood is no walk in the park. I always wanted to be a mother, but it wasn't easy to get pregnant.
One of my children said she didn't plan to have biological children... she realized that adopting an older child would be the right choice.
As an LGBTQ+ person, she also recognizes that motherhood... could be out of reach due to expense and possible discrimination.
She's pursuing a career in a highly competitive field, which won't allow time to grow a family for several of her most fertile years.
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