By: Courtnie Lawrence
Hurray! Saturday! Park day!
Diapers. Check.
Snacks. Check.
Extra clothes just in case. Check.
Baby chewed on rubber stamps. Call doctor. Okay, he’s fine.
Portable potty. Check.
Grocery bags to fit into portable potty. Check, check.
Kids. Check.
Carseats. Wait.
Carseats? In other car with husband. Somewhere else.
Borrow Mom’s. Sister will bring them by.
Whew.
Keys. Keys? Keys in house.
House locked. Must crawl into unlocked window and get them.
Alright. We’re good. Got keys.
No! Van won’t start.
Cram in sister’s car with her kids.
Jammin’ to the park in the clown car. Please, no one throw up or cry. Or find the kazoo I just saw rolling under the second seat. And don’t let the cops stop us. (Especially since Husband Dear is actually at driving school right now.)
Ladies, this story is real. And since you’re all moms, you have probably lived it yourself on more than one occasion! That’s why you need to create time for yourself this weekend. To breathe. Listen. Laugh. Eat. Laugh some more. And remember that you matter. And you’re not alone.
We promise that you . . .
- will be able to go to the bathroom uninterrupted by little whining voices and sibling rivalry. (And without being asked all kinds of embarrassing questions from all-too-inquiring minds and wide-open eyes.)
- don’t have to share your food or drinks with any little grabby hands and bellies.
- will be refreshed.
- will remember why you’re here and what you’re really doing during these important years of motherhood.
- will be glad you came.
Because you do have to go home again . . . eventually! But you’ll be equipped with the necessary tools to start plugging away at it again – this time with a new mindset and focus.