“Life is better being a mom.”
The Importance Of Kindness
It was 6am when my four daughters and I dropped my husband off at the airport this morning, heading out to finish up the last class in his doctoral program. We begin our journey back home, and just moments after we dropped him off, our car started shaking a little bit. I look in the rearview mirror "girls, do you feel the car shaking, or is that just me?" thinking to myself that maybe I am just feeling weird from being overly tired. They quickly respond "yes! What is that mommy?" and seconds later *pop* our tire bursts!!
Finding and Maintaining Mom Friends
Can I just say that I love other mamas like you! Moms that can support each other in this journey of parenthood. Moms that can lift one another up when we've had a hard day. Moms that understand that texting back sometimes may take up to a week or longer. Moms that laugh together at the ridiculous and sometimes inappropriate things our kids say. Having other moms in your life is highly important, but there's always the question of how exactly do we find and maintain these friendships? Especially since parenthood is such a busy stage in life.
Focus On the Good Qualities
Can I just say that I loathe that us humans are so quick to focus on each other's bad qualities rather than the good ones?
"This girl never stops talking."
"That guy is too emotional."
"This person works all the time and never spends time with their family."
"That mom allows her kids to run wild."
"That parent can't manage to keep their house clean."
"This person texts me way too often."
Sister best friends
If you're a parent, I'm sure you feel the same as me. Our heart desires for our kids to become the best of friends! We want them to go to each other when they need encouragement, want to have fun, need advice, but most importantly....when they need love.
Raising Kind Kids
When I think of the world we live in today, I wouldn't immediately think of the word "kind". I often see people judging and putting others down to make themselves feel better. I get it, we aren't perfect, and we've all been there at times. But what if we intentionally made changes to turn this world upside down and make this world a KIND place?!