I was tagged to do this Meme on Mothering by Jenn over at Juggling Life. If you haven't checked out her blog head on over. She is a great writer, who I identify with much of the time.
Admit that ONE thing you feel awful about involving being a mom. Get it off your shoulders. Once you’ve written it down, you are NO LONGER allowed to feel bad. It’s over with, it’s in the past. Remember, you’re a good mom!
Most of you know about our regular trips to Anderson Island. What most of you don't know is that when our kids were young, we were the only ones with young kids. So when we would go to the island we'd go a day early get the tent set up and the kids acclimated before everyone else got there. On one such trip Handy Man wasn't feeling well and wasn't ready to go in the morning when we were. He ended up making plans to come down later in the evening with our friends in their boat. That meant I was on my own with the kids to set up camp. I looked at it as an adventure right up to the point when I was putting the tent up and Dancing Daughter, who was 2 1/2 decided it would be fun to grab one of the metal stakes and run away.
I was so angry, I yelled, she ran faster while laughing I might add. I chased after her, while yelling louder, she ran in curvy circles so it would be harder for me to catch her. But catch her I did and I gave her 3 hard swats on the bottom. She was shocked, I was shocked. She dropped the stake and started screaming bloody murder. That was the first and only time I ever hit either one of my kids. It was a knee jerk reaction to get her attention about how dangerous running with a metal stake was. I'm not sure she got the message or not. I was a wreck by the time Handy Man showed up all fresh and rested. I'm pretty sure I was mean to him too!
To remind yourself that you ARE a good mom, list SEVEN things you love about your kids, you love doing with your kids, or that your kids love about you. These are the things to remind yourself of EVERY DAY that you rock! Both of my kids have very strong feelings about not smoking, drinking or doing drugs. My son has been exposed many times and declines to partake. He has surrounded himself with 2 or 3 close friends who feel the same way. I hope when Dancing Daughter is exposed she has the same convictions as her brother. My kids have strong spiritual belief systems. They are completely different beliefs but each is tolerant of the other.
Spending time with my kids is very important to me. I love sitting around the dining room table talking to my kids and their friends. Keeping it casual really makes for some interesting (and informative) conversations.
My daughter is a Mama's girl and as much as it drives me crazy at times, I love it. I hope we continue to be close as she keeps growing and maturing.
I love my son's confidence and determination.
I asked my kids what they love about me...
Dancing Daughter said... I can't pick just one thing!! But if I have to... Even though I'm a brat you love me anyway! :)
Star Wars Son said... The one thing I've always love about you more than anything is your ability to stay calm in hectic situations. (He obviously doesn't remember the above situation with DD at Anderson Island!)
That was fun! I'm tagging the following moms to participate. I'm very curious what their answers will be!
Phd in Yogurty, Snooty, Noble Pig, Tracey, Mental P Mama, Asthmagirl and Deb!
Oh no! I'm scared to ask my kids that!
Posted by: Mental P Mama | July 13, 2009 at 07:24 AM
OK, I'm game. But it may take me a while to do so. Someone tagged me to do 25 random things and I just posted it months later...
Posted by: deb | July 13, 2009 at 07:56 AM
"I'm a brat you love me anyway"....Bwahahahahahaha!
Posted by: noble pig | July 13, 2009 at 07:57 AM
Good choices, I too look forward to their replies.. your's rocks!
Posted by: Daryl | July 13, 2009 at 08:25 AM
Liked DD's response. And you know, your worst parenting moment is so NOT terrible. I'm impressed. Seriously, I was spanked maybe four times growing up and Ir emember all of them and why it happened. One was for cutting open my stuffed animals with a butcher knife. Of course that was wrong, and I was punished nad you know what, I am a well adjusted adult, with a full time job and a college education. I'm not a sociopath.
Good for you for that being the worst thing you could've done. You're raising some awesome kids.
Posted by: Meg | July 13, 2009 at 09:39 AM