'In trying to change myself, I have been poisoning my mind all of these years with the lie that I am not good enough, that only bad mothers skip manicures and cooking elaborate meals and curling their hair.'
For so long, I’ve wanted to change the type of mother that I am. I’m almost 10 years into this parenting gig, but still, in the back of my mind, I am waiting to “really” become a mom. You know, when I finally learn to get dressed in the morning and be the kind of mom to do my hair and nails and be ever patient and embark on fun adventures with my kids — that’s the type of mom I’m meant to be, obviously.
On the flip side, the mom I am in real life is pretty much always dressed in workout clothes or pajamas, she always, always wears her hair in bun, and the last manicure I got was from my two-year-old . And as a gift to myself this past Mother’s Day, I declared that you know what?Maybe it has something to do with passing firmly into my 30’s or maybe it’s I’m just too tired to care anymore, but I’m calling my own bluff.
And it’s high time I not only accept the kind of mother I am, but embrace her. Because she’s pretty darn cool, after all. Now, if you excuse me, I have some workout clothes to don and a bun to fix on top of my head and yes, I will be rocking both of them, thank you very much.
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