1. Ask yourself if you are doing the best you can. Really…don’t use comparisons about what next-door-neighbor-Sally is doing. Just look within…are you doing your best? If so, move on. You are doing what you can with the information/time/energy you have…what more can a person ask for? If not, explore what would have to happen…
Oops! The official title of this blog has been “Guilt Free Mom” since its inception, January 2010. However, a nice woman, who happens to be a parenting coach, has the trademark…since 2007. It’s hers! So…I will continue to write about being a guilt free mom and living with less stress…but the name has to change! …
Of course I felt guilty when I slipped on ice, fell and let my 18 month old son’s head hit the pavement. Actually I felt TERRIBLE and guilty and horrified that I could let that happen. I wanted to spoil him because Mommy made such a bad mistake. Yes, plenty of cuddles were in order,…
After a few months of writing three blog posts a week for the Guilt Free Mom blog, my friend and colleague, Kim from Escape Adultitis (www.KimandJason.com) asked me, “What are you giving up to make time for all this writing? You have to be giving up something!” I never thought of it that way prior…
Do we act as if everything is perfect, find and dandy…when it’s not? Must everything appear that life is great and we feel blessed, every second of every day of Motherhood? Is revealing the ugly truth showing weakness? Are we afraid to admit to the world that we are feeling less than perfect? That we…
I was 7 years old, when my Grandfather introduced me to jogging, as a sport. He was a very active senior citizen at the time. He valued health and a healthy lifestyle and passed as much as he could onto his grandkids. When you start running at age 7, and learn the ropes from an…
I curled up next to my daughter last night as I was putting her to bed. She begged me to scratch her back and tell her a story. Before I started my story, I asked her, “When did you feel most special today?” She told me about eating lunch at school with her friends. But…
When the whistle blew, all the 3 year olds had the soccer ball under their feet, except my child. I stole it from her and was trapping it under my foot….and sadly, I felt a bit of excitement that I ‘won.’ I admit, I have issues. Before children, my husband and I wanted to motivate…
Last year during a discussion in a Moms group the topic of “choice making” came up. I remember sitting in the circle thinking, “I don’t have choices in my day. I have two kids totally dependent on me and I do the same things every darn day…there is no choice in that!” However, as the…
As hard as I try to keep things in perspective and look at the positive side of things, there are times when I just want to sit in my puddle. For maybe even a brief moment, I want to scream, “Doesn’t anybody care that I am exhausted, stressed and worn out? This is NOT NORMAL…