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"Mommy, what's a high-priced call girl?"
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Where did the time go? It's so cliche' but OMG my first born has BREASTS!!!! And pubic hair, and she smells and she's saying things like "Mom, maybe that's how it was when you were little, but it's a new generation" !!??!!! Everyday I get emails in code, I have to look up this new language on Google just to figure out what she's trying to tell me. How did we get here so fast?? So now what? I know it's just the beginning of her transformation, one she's thrilled about, one Home Daddy and I are terrified of. My new mantra is "you will be an adult for the rest of your life...really enjoy being a kid for now." is working on her for the most part. She is really into ballet, American Girl Dolls, reading great books, watching old movies, writing and being a kid...but the intensity of everything around her is creeping in to her psyche and telling her to GROW UP NOW!! AAGH! Get thee to a nunnery!" I had to laugh, mostly so I wouldn't cry. But I ended up doing that too... Last week, my fifith grade daughter wrote a play for her class to perform at their "Watershed Fair" for the school. As I walked in, saw the principal and a couple of parents and joined them to chat. We were talking about the displays and the kids when more parents started arriving, and one of the parents said "Oh, here come the moms in suits - all the other moms were here on the first day." WAIT - did she really just say that to the principal in front of me? And what EXACTLY in the *$#@ did she mean? Ok, It was a 2-day fair, and true to form I didn't make it there until the second day - along with the mostly working parents. But really, to imply that this group of parents is somehow not up to par? In reality this group of parents probably worked a lot harder to get there at 9am on a Thursday morning than this woman did. It's interesting...I was watching a stupid tv show the other night, Lipstick Jungle (I love Brooke Shields, hate that she can't get herself into a good show or movie) and was thinking that it was so outdated pitting the working and non-working mommys against each other. I'd never experienced anything like that in my social circle - it all seems so silly - or at least it did until Thursday. I am very lucky to have some amazing friends, most of them are at home full time and none of them have ever judged me or my family for our choices, just as I wouldn't dream of judging them for theirs. We love each other for our values as parents, our dedication to our families, our commitment to our marriages and our mutual interest in wine and food! I'm not mad at that other parent, I'm glad she made me remember how grateful I am for my friends, the ones who make me feel good, strong and happy. I feel sad for her that she can't see past my suit to discover the mommy inside it loves her 5th grader too - just as much, just as deep. Oh, the tears I shed? The same ones that pour out anytime, any of my children do anything that makes me proud! Where's the tissue????
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