Secret Lives of Moms

Today’s Oprah show, “Secret Lives of Moms” was right on the money.  One of the main things that stood out to me was that the key to being a successful mom is being confident and feeling good about yourself.  Motherhood is a maze with many twists and turns and every mom gets through it a different way. Each mom has a different style of parenting and each style is right for the mom who chooses it.  You have to make the choice that’s going to give you peace, or, a bit of peace.  On top of all the things that moms are supposed to do I’d like to add looking good to the equation.  Personally, looking and feeling good changes my attitude during the day.  I am so much happier during the day battling, I mean taking care of, the boys when I am exercising regularly and eating right.  My attitude is much better, I feel better about myself and I have greater energy to boot.  When I look a mess, I feel a mess and my kids can sense when I’m feeling less than 100%, and that’s when they crank things up a notch.  Mothering is hard — you gotta keep the edge.

Tags: Motherhood, parenting