By Tonia
"If evolution really works,
how come mothers only have two hands?" – Milton Berle

So I may have let one of them eat cat food; and I may have let another one eat dirt.......and I can't bring myself to say what the third one ate.

And, yes, I may have let Anna believe that
some of Rachel’s baby pictures were hers. And I might have laughed when Josh
used the Barbie dolls for BB practice. And I could have told one of them that I
only gave birth to her to be my personal slave. And ….. well, I may have said
that I took up gardening to hide the dead bodies of my other disobedient children. Geez. Everyone
is such a critic!

So, as Mothers Day approaches, I wanted to
come clean – and give other mothers permission to let go of perfection. The parenting literature talks about the "good enough mother" - not the "do-it-all-perfectly-or-your-kids-will-be-fucked-up-forever mother." And I can attest to that. Despite me, all three of my kids turned out to be delightful adults. Two of them are even on this blog.
SO, for your next girlfriends’ get together, those of you who are moms may want to play our Bad Mom Bingo. It'll make you feel better! Happy Mom's Day!
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