I was watching SATC last night on E(Sex and the City). It was the episode where Carrie and the girls attend a baby shower. All the moms there were talking about how they miss alone time and what it felt like to be young and hip. Carrie was worried she was preggo during the episode and was thinking to herself if she too could be a cool hip mom and still live in SOHO.
It got me thinking really hard to the point that I was aggravated and argued with my husband about taking up too much space in our bed. After a restless night I decided to go sweat it out at the gym this morning. Zoning out with my dance beats on the stairclimber it occured to me, maybe, just maybe that is what every mom is after....working or non-working....balance.
One of the definitions of balance states:
-mental steadiness or emotional stability; habit of calm behavior, judgment, etc.
The words "mental steadiness" are flashing in my head like a blinking neon sign! Trying to find that "steadiness" seems almost impossible to do when a mom's mind is always running down a to do list in her mind.
As a SAHM, I find myself constantly trying to remember all the things the kids need, or my house needs, bills to pay, what I need at the grocery store, etc that I rarely stop and just really listen to myself.
Motherhood does not mean a woman has to give up her identity, she just has to find that perfect balance. Here is to the year of finding it...till next time...
xoxo C
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