A Not So Perfect Mom

Do you ever have a day when you strive so hard to be the “perfect” mom but feel you’ve failed miserably (please tell me I’m not the only one)?!  I don’t understand how 2 small children can grate your nerves until you can’t take it anymore and then looking back on the day you don’t even see what in the world was so bad about what blew you over the top!  No one ever tells you (or if they did you never believed them) that motherhood is one of the toughest jobs there is.  I don’t care if the men (or maybe some super moms) out there say “You get to take naps, go to the park, and play all day!”  There is something about motherhood that is completely draining and by the end of the day you are sometimes ready to give up and tell yourself you’ll never be the mom you want to be (I’m speaking for myself here, but maybe there are a few others out there)!  There is such an emotional wearing down throughout the day as you hear the 100th whine, you’re breaking up the 50th fight, trying to juggle making a decent well balanced supper while your toddler is getting in the fridge every 5 minutes for a snack, your 5 year old is asking questions about every single thing, and the list goes on and on…..Don’t get me wrong, I love my kids and would never want to work in corporate America with an 8-5 office job, but sometimes I feel like running away from it all and coming back in…hmm, maybe a week!

One thing is I’m so glad the next morning is new again and no matter how awful the day before was, the night erases all the bad things from the day before you you can start over once again trying to be the “perfect” mom.  Here’s to all the moms out there struggling through the battles of raising children!