A Mom's Checklist....

• Work 40+ hours a week...CHECK
• Mom (and yes "mom" is now a verb) two young children...CHECK
• Attempt to maintain some sense of order at home...CHECK, but ONLY IF by maintaining a sense of order what we're all saying is that we have that room, that closet where we hide all of the clutter that is usually on the kitchen counters, stairs, etc

 
Let's face it life is crazy, life has a tendancy to get the best of us so I think to this check list we also need to add:
 

• Have at least one moment a week where we clinch our eyes closed, curl up in the fetal position, and hope that when we open our eyes next the mess will have disappeared, our children will have stopped fighting without our threatening them, money will have appeared in our bank accounts, dinner will have been prepared and the dishes put away...CHECK!
• Celebrate the moments that are truly yours and yours alone even if you have to find them by locking yourself in the bathroom...CHECK!
• Have at least one moment a week where we experience that dicotomy of "how did I get to be so lucky to live this life??" and "how did I get HERE??"...CHECK!

 
My friends (and I say that because I know it's only my friends at this point that are reading this)....we're in this TOGETHER....I hope that in writing down my thoughts and my experience that not only will I find comfort as there's truly no better medicine than just getting it off our chests and that you, too, will comfort in knowing that I'm holding out my hand asking you to walk this road with me...TOGETHER
 
There's truly no place I'd rather be, than with all of you...
 
xoxo,
L