“At the beginning I couldn’t even move. I was completely paralyzed. Then I rode around in the cul-de-sac. I immediately fell. And I fall to the left. I can’t help my instinct is to go that way. I always fall to the left which is kind of scary because when you’re on a road you should really try to fall away from the cars which would be to the right.”
Every single force in the world (schools, experts, Pinterest, your relatives) are in on the scam to make you feel like you are doing too little. That is a recipe for stressed-out parents AND stressed-out kids. You CAN do less. I am pulling out a post-it and scribbling you a BIG ASS PERMISSION SLIP… to back. the f*ck. off.
It’s an old joke that a mom is better prepared than an Eagle Scout for the next act of God, toothache, or head injury. But I don’t believe that we can afford to joke about this anymore.
The working mom is THE ENGINE that powers your family every day from dawn to dusk, then cleans it all up and starts again.
What is Stacy’s greatest superpower? Creativity.
“I don’t think of myself as a creative person, naturally. I think of creativity as a practice. It’s a skill! It has to be developed. Even if you can only do it a couple minutes a day, just keep doing it. There’s a path there for you if you follow that passion. Eventually, it will all make sense.”
I handed that baby back to her when she got home and breathed a sigh of relief. Mentally, I went off duty. And like most of her life as a mother and a wife, she went back on 24/7 duty. Where do you think she is finding time “for herself”? She isn’t.
She thought my invitation was a transparent effort to show her an example of a powerful woman. It wasn’t. I was already sitting next to a powerful woman.
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Babies don’t come with a manual. At least they should have a warning label on their little hospital cap for the new parent:
WARNING: Parenting may cause stress.