You get one life, why not star in it?
Just Tell Them
I am lamenting our "all or nothing" parenting world. Why can't we balance smart and talented with encouraging hard work? Why can't we have sports options for kids who have talent and need competition as well as have leagues that celebrate fun and physical fitness (especially in our state of obesity)? Why the elephant or the tiger? Why?
The Mommy Walk of Shame
As a college gal, a walk of shame meant wearing home the clothes you went out in the night before. The short dress that looked ideal for dancing seems garish in the morning light. The smokey bedroom eyes, previously slaved over, are now streaked down the cheeks. But that was before marriage and kids. I now have a very different walk of shame. It is, however, no less humiliating.
My Life is Not a Pinterest Page
I think it is human nature to try to shine the most positive light on our lives. With social media that need goes on steroids. So often I share the pictures of smiling kids at fun places while I have deleted 50 of them pouting. And that doesn't touch the moments when they wouldn't even get in the picture because they were having a fit.
