The Stay at Home Mother

I don't know if it is the weather that has me feeling down or if it because my entire family is sick with a terrible cold (my one year old daughter has the worst of it). I also haven't slept for the past two nights as both children have been up and down and so I am "on" throughout the night to make sure everyone is ok.

But it also got me thinking about my role as a stay at home mom and how hard I have been trying to help other women become ones too in the past year. Why have I been trying so hard to get my message out about being a stay at home mom? Maybe its because I have been on both sides. I know what it is like to pursue my career and try to balance a family (I did for one year part time with my son, and drove myself crazy).

What I have come to realize is that my workshops and my writing are really an extension of me, and my desire to connect with other moms.

I just think that sometimes it is the only way to know that we are all going through this journey of motherhood together, with all its frustrations, with all of our doubts that we are doing the right things for our children and for ourselves, but mostly to learn from one another and share what we have learned. I know that is why I write and why I share my own stories....and why I love to hear from other moms about their stories and experiences.

So although I am feeling down today, I know that my children will get better and the weather will improve...and as my own mother used to tell me...this too shall pass....and that it is ok to admit that we can't be super mom everyday (no matter how hard we try!)