Girl Time and Sunshine

I was on Facebook (yeah, I know.... again)  and this popped up on my feed.  Normally I share things (ok, a lot of things) but this one made me stop. It made me think.... how often do we as mothers try to be that "perfect" mom? How many parties did we plan, using Pinterest as the guide to making it look "cool"? How many holidays did we scroll through Pinterest, Facebook, or Instagram trying to 'recreate' something we found? How many salads did you put in a mason jar? (ok this one was a joke - I mean... only slightly)  How many times did you scroll through your friends' feed and think "wow, I wished I  could do x,y,z"? I bet it's been more than once.  Why though? Have you ever tried to stop yourself and ask why?  There's a term we teach during US History ... 'Keeping up with the Joneses', which basically means (in case you forgot your time in US History class) we try to constantly com...

I was on Facebook today (shocker I know...) and I saw this post ..... it made me think. How many times in your life do you look for a new beginning, a new start, a new something ?  Then I began to really think..... did I do this before I became a mom? ..... my answer? No I don't actually believe that I did. So now that makes me wonder ..... why (as a mom) am I constantly trying to do something new? Have new results? Change with each season? Why? What is it about the dreaded "mom guilt" that has this nagging voice inside my head pressing me to change something? Now don't get me wrong - a reflection process is GREAT. It really is. Thinking and processing interactions that we have had in our lives or a project that we did and identify what we could do differently in the future is NOT what I am talking about. That process is actually amazing and something that we are humans should be do often.  BUT.... that's not what I'm talking about ......