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Mom, Your Job is Not to be Amazing. So Just Stop Trying.
Stop wearing yourself out to create a façade of who you want to be.
The Pressure of Social Media
I saw it again, a mom’s post of her daughter’s birthday party, complete with (real, live) Disney Princesses, a speechlessly beautiful 3-tier cake, all the bouncy things and a Pinterest-perfect atmosphere. And it WAS beautiful and amazing. And I’m sure her daughter loved it. And no, there is nothing wrong with an amazing birthday party.
But social media has made the contest to outdo each other more brutal than ever, where we can get caught up in making picture-perfect memories and creating a childhood WOW effect as opposed to remembering the value of good, simple parenting.
Letting Yourself Off the Hook
Can I just tell you that you can let yourself off the hook if you’re not that mom. You don’t have to create flawless memories for you children to remember they had a good childhood. In fact, they will probably love the stack of doughnuts with a candle on top just as much as the amazing cake your neighbor gave her little girl. If you can’t live up to the pressure, you don’t have to.
Mama, love with a simpleness that transcends icing and balloons…
