Being a mother is the greatest gift I’ve ever received but I’ve
never had to work so hard at something in my life. Kyran motivates me to be the best momma in
the world. But there’s no such thing as
the “perfect” mom. It’s easy to get
wrapped up in all the wonderful things you should
be doing for your children. We, as moms
and women, are in some sort of competition to out-perform each other. We want to make the perfect Halloween costume,
bake goodies for class, throw the perfect birthday party, and take our kids to
every possible activity there is. I
blame Pinterest and Facebook J
Over the past few days I haven’t been able to do any of
these super-mom things and I’ve felt, frankly, like a failure.
Sam and I wanted to take Kyran to the pumpkin patch to pick out
a pumpkin to carve or decorate and to take some pictures. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to make the
trip until Monday afternoon. When we
pulled up, we saw the field was empty and the patch was gone L “Pumpkins all gone momma!” is what I heard
the entire drive home. Heart wrenching.
My office is throwing its annual Halloween party for the
kids today so I stopped by Target LAST NIGHT after work in search of a
costume. 2 days before Halloween.... Needless to say, no costumes made their way
home. Instead, I beat myself up for not
shopping sooner.
No mother should ever feel that way! Why do we do this to ourselves? Does it really matter? He’s not even 2. Will he remember that mom and dad both worked
too much this year and didn’t have time to take him to get a pumpkin or that he
didn’t dress up this year? NO. The
answer is NO. The fact of the matter is we work a lot,
probably too much. But we are doing
everything we can to provide him with a wonderful and happy life. It may not be a picture perfect life, but it’s
our life.
Today I will challenge myself to be the best momma I can be and
not worry about being the type of momma someone else appears to be. I encourage you to do the same.
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