{"id":2442,"date":"2010-05-08T21:40:23","date_gmt":"2010-05-09T04:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=2442"},"modified":"2010-05-08T21:42:38","modified_gmt":"2010-05-09T04:42:38","slug":"happy-mothers-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=2442","title":{"rendered":"Happy Mother’s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“When I’m a mom, I am never going to do that to my kids!”
\n“I will never tell my kids – ‘because I said so, that’s why!'”
\n“I’m not going to do what my mom\/dad\/parents did to me!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Ok all you Moms out there, tell the truth. Think back to before your adventure in motherhood, and tell me you didn’t say a version of one (if not ALL) of those statements to your own Mom, or at least think it on occasion?<\/p>\n

Oh, I said them all. I was going to be an enlightened, understanding and ever-so patient mom. I would never snap at my children or yell in frustration or tell them, “go find something to do, or I’ll find something for you!”<\/p>\n

And then?\u00a0 Well, then<\/strong><\/em> motherhood came and slapped me upside the head. And I was so surprised when something I swore I would never say to my children,<\/em> slipped so easily out of my mouth.<\/p>\n

Now I’m not so surprised, but I have found that I am much more enlightened on what it takes to be a mom. My mom? Now I can look back and see that she did a pretty amazing job. Her “way” seems to be a pretty darn good way of doing things. And also? Being a mom is hard work. Every single day. And my Mom has been doing it for 38 years, and for three kids.<\/p>\n

So today I not only send you wishes and gifts of love, Mom – but I also give you thanks for providing me an example of a good<\/strong><\/em> Mom to live up to, and a rough draft of a “Mom Handbook” to try to follow.<\/p>\n

And when my girls tell me, “When I’m a mom I’ll never…,” I will just smile and know someday they too will figure out the Mom secret. Because I think you can only really fully appreciate something after you’ve lived a bit of it.<\/p>\n

To all the hard-working moms, and especially mine, I hope you have a beautiful day and can truly relish in the awesomeness that being a mom brings. Love to you all.<\/p>\n

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Happy Mother’s Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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