A few years ago, I was lucky enough to attend a great working Mom's lunch.
Ann Dunnewold, Ph.D., was the keynote speaker, and is the author of Even June Cleaver Would Forget the Juice Box: Cut Yourself Some Slack and Still Raise Great Kids in the Age of Extreme Parenting.
A long story short, she spoke of how we Moms are often our toughest critics.
She said its OK to not be Super Mom. To not take on every challenge, join every committee or make everything from scratch.
She suggested making one meal a week that doesn't require anything but opening a few cans and the microwave.
And you know what? I do it. Once a week.
Do you know what else? My kids are FINE.
They still get all their food groups and gobble it up as if its the best stuff on Earth. (It hurts a bit when they tell me how great their Chicken with Stars is, but I'll get over it.)
In the time I save not cooking, we read a few more books, play a few more rounds of Hi Ho Cherrio or just plain don't spend time cleaning up all the dishes. And I'm happier this way.
Because there are no perfect mothers.
Colleen blogs about her life as a workin' Momma and her battles with two young boys at Mommy Always Wins and will be at the Blissdom Conference this weekend! Make sure you find her and say "hi"!
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Colleen,
Double high 5's for you!! This post is AWESOME! I think as mothers, we get so inundated w/ the unrealistic expectations that society places on us that we fail to accept that we are human and therefore, incapable of doing everything all the time! Thanks for the reminder!