HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY 2017 BEAUTIFUL MAMAS!
As Mother’s Day approaches and it is about to hit 10:50am (feels like 4pm) I have finally put the 2 babies down for naps. My 4.5 year old at school, my 2 babies napping, and right when I get settled to rest for a minute with a cold coffee in hand…well the dog comes scratching to go potty. Of course! I try to find the humor in these moments. But seriously, I am writing today because I almost feel like a good vent session may ease a little pressure off my chest. Being a mom is just sometimes…well…plain hard. You wonder if anyone even notices the great job you're doing. Or if anyone even thinks it's great? Shoot...It’s the job that has more demands than any other one I can think of. It’s the job that often people say “what do you do all day?” Oh that question can send me in a tailspin but I try to think about how it wasn’t that long ago I was the one asking that question, and well now I know. You just don’t know what you don’t know.
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I sat down and began to just think. (sigh) I love a quiet moment these days. Having 3 rambunctious precious children who are young and vivacious and loud non-stop…quiet anywhere, even sitting my car, is much appreciated. So I was sitting here reflecting back over my last decade and a half. My pre-mom days! I thought back to when I started a business. That wasn’t easy. I was young and determined and started my ideas from scratch. It was rough and fun and full of interesting stories and ambitions to plow through. That job opened the door to my next adventure to the West Coast of Cali. I pursued a dream job in fashion PR in Los Angeles. The big city and so much to discover was overwhelming and exciting and full of life! I had hard days and good days there too. It was never a dull moment. When that stint ran dry, I desired to come back home and that led to diving into my lifelong passion of pursuing a non-profit job improving public education in Louisiana. Kids have always been my heart, especially underprivileged children and so there I found my niche! Not long after a few years in I was blessed for a position to open in my family business (225, inRegister and Business Report) as the role of Director of Events and Marketing at Louisiana Business Inc. Many years invested there with great people and a great company, it was hard to decide but it finally led to my decision to stay at home with my three kids. The job I said I would never do full time, became my desire. My heart was pulling to be with them around the clock! Thank goodness I was desiring it because little did I know it would be the hardest job out of all of the job experiences in my lifetime!
THE HARDEST. UNPAID. 7 DAY A WEEK. 24 HOURS A DAY. UNAPPRECIATED JOB… No promotions, no pay, no pats on the backs or recognitions for my great work of the week, big events got exchanged for some big tempers and 3 BIG Personalities…my kids! My kids are amazing, loving, funny, quirky, adorable, funny, funny, adventurous, and hard! All kids are hard right? It is part of raising little people to become big, kind-hearted, unselfish, loving, big people! It’s an investment. Nothing comes easy and practice makes perfect they say? A mama has to learn to be patience and giving while finding a source of energy daily to tap into (coffee!). A MAMA has to learn to keep truckin' through even when her days are great or her days are hard, even when her kids get mad and say 'I don't like you' after all that stuff we just did for them? Yep. We keep doing it. We make the beds, we do the laundry, we feed, we carpool, we encourage, we cheer them on, we make little special moments all day long for these dear minis that we love SO MUCH! Mamas do that and then some.
So as Mother’s Day approaches, and I am two years in as a SAHM, I appreciate ALL MOMS…working or SAHM. The job is real. The job is tough. The job is selfless. The job is hard working. The job is loving. The job is quite exhausting…. But moms you rock! We all need to hear it. We need to know we are doing a good job. Our little people can’t see how blessed they are now, but they will one day be old enough to know how awesome they have it to have a mom like YOU! The stories they will tell their kids and grandkids will be about your many tiny efforts that turns into big lifelong memories! We all need the pat on the back, the big hugs, the many I LOVE YOUS, and especially the… ‘hey, I just wanted to tell you that you’re doing a great job’…..it gives us momentum…extreme mojo to get through the next week shoot the next day, it’s the very things that puts fuel in our tanks! MAMA FUEL!
So DADS can I request one thing on behalf of moms this mother day? Some ladies may like flowers, some may like jewelry, some may want a trip to Belize, but the one thing I KNOW WE ALL REALLY WANT…is a little time (and effort) invested from you and the kiddos….WORDS AND A LITTLE CREATIVITY IS EXPRESSING TOSE WORDS to just remind us that we are loved, appreciated, and recognized for the many tedious mama tasks we do daily. After all, our little people don’t get many days to just dote on US right? So….just a little effort goes a long way with us! And if you’re struggling with ideas…I am gonna help you out. See below!
A CUTE KEEPSAKE: http://blogs.brighthorizons.com/familyroom/mothers-day-questionnaire-for-kids-i-love-my-mom-because/
Happy Mother’s Day to ANY MAMA reading this, any MAMA to be, and even to the beautiful women with a heart’s desire to be a MAMA (and will make a wonderful one at that) one day.
