maternal leanings

There is an enormous amount of nonsense spouted throughout the world about good and bad motherhood, fit and unfit mothers, maternal instinct and other insidious nonsense designed to breed more nonsense.

It is in fact very simple.

I love my children when they leave my brand new plants alone.

I struggle to love them when they pull out my new lemon tree and my new bay tree and leave them like dropped tissues on the ground beside the pots.