On the recommendation of a friend, I just read a blog about a dirty mom secret. You can view it here.
It's about the dirty little secrets we keep as mothers. I yelled at my daughter, I put her down roughly, some days I think about taking her back, etc, etc. All the normal things we think as moms and yet think we are awful for thinking and feeling them, all the while unaware that every other mom on the planet has the same experiences. Anyway, it made me feel good to read it, to know I'm not alone. To know that yes, others make mistakes, others yell, others act differently than they promised themselves they would, others do the same things their parents did to them and swore we wouldn't ("Anne, cut it out" Did I really need to say that to her? I hate that in that moment I didn't have patience.) Anyway, one of the responders to the dirty little secret post had an amazingly insightful comment regarding those moments when we lose it as mothers:
"She doesn't remember and I'm trying to forget."
Isn't that the truth? Don't I still think about the time I yelled at her and feel sick over it. Anne has forgotten it, and I'm still here, trying to forget.
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3 comments:
Love the quote!
I loved that post. . . it was so reassuring to know that all these women go through the same things that I do.
I'm glad you got to read that post. It was so real and so on the mark.
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