This is from a Facebook post of mine, dated 2017…
Preface: My husband brings me a latte every morning. We try to wake up before the kids. If the kids drink all the milk I have a very slow morning. Today that happened. Everyone else was up for breakfast, but I was waiting for coffee…
Ever suffer from “Mom Guilt”? So today my ten year-old drew a family picture. She has a very sharp sense of humor. There are 11 people in the drawing. She left me out. Where am I? See that talking bubble on the far right? That’s me in the other room, yelling: “Josh I Need Coffee!”
My kids know that I show up after my sweetie brings me my morning latte. My morning routine helps me to start my day peacefully, with my journal, Bible and coffee. I sometimes feel selfish for sticking to my routine. So, I giggle at my daughter’s drawing but it makes me think that maybe I need to be better about getting to breakfast on time. Coffee or not.
I actually thought it was really funny. Don’t feel too sorry for me.
I share this because no mom is “perfect”. We all have bad days and reasons to feel like we are failing our families. Sometimes we have a romantic idea that there are moms who have it all together. Maybe you think I have it all figured out. But…
It’s easy to get the idea that others are stronger and have an easier journey, when you don’t know what someone has been through.
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This was so timely, a similar situation happened to me the other day and my 12 year old drawing a picture of me. The Mom Guilt was huge, but this post encouraged me that I could laugh at the drawing and still recognize where I might need to make improvements without feeling the shame of Mom Guilt that does nothing helpful for any of us.