Don't ever underestimate a mom.
We have been
through a lot and I don't just mean surviving high school. We have been brought to
the brink of our sanity in many ways. Forgetful husbands, ungrateful
kids, homework, meal planning, carpooling, and just trying to work out one or two times a week.
We are the plate spinners you see in the circus.
We are tired and
were PISSED.
Which is why it's easy to have a disagreement.
Whether it's on the fundraising committee for your school in the carpool
line, in the office, or in your spin class, some mom is trying to piss us off.
And sometimes we attack. We can't help ourselves.
Sometimes it feels good to just go off the deep end.
I've
been guilty of this. I have attacked on mom on occasion. While it
offers some initial relief. Afterwards I just end up feeling awful. Like
a mean bully. I've been on the other end of that as well and it is
really heartbreaking and infuriating.
But what if?
What if
we all assumed, just by virtue of being mothers, that we are doing the best we can and have the best of
intentions. That we're all in this crazy mess together. That t
here is no
need to tear another woman down because, in essence you're tearing us
all down. Let's face it moms are running the world. And we are raising
the next generation of mothers.
When we attack another mom or bully
another mom, or hurt another mom what are we showing our girls?
Disagreements can be mended and fixed.
You know what can't be fixed? Terminal cancer. The death of a child. Divorce.
I
knew a mom in preschool once. She was lovely. She was a good mother.
And she died of cancer. Her Facebook page is still there. Sometimes it
comes up on my feed. I want to write something to her. Instead
I just
remember I'm lucky to be alive. And so are you.
So before that
disagreement with that mom becomes out of control...
Fix it... Mend it....
Talk it out.
Treat her like you would want to be treated.
Or like you
wish you were treated...
Because when you attack one mom....you attack us ALL.
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