i was a really good mom

i picked this book at Red Tree a few weeks ago, and finally got to read it while we we are the beach. it's a light read, and probably simplifies things a bit too much, but i highly recommend it if you are a mom and ever feel yourself headed toward the edge of insanity.

"I don't know how she does it!" is an oft-heard refrain about mothers today. Funnily enough, most moms agree—they have no idea how they get it done, or whether they even want the job. Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile spoke to mothers of every stripe—working, stay-at-home, part-time—and found a surprisingly similar trend in their interviews. After enthusing about her lucky life for twenty minutes, a mother would then break down and admit that her child's first word was "Shrek." As one mom put it, "Am I happy? The word that describes me best is challenged." Fresh from the front lines of modern motherhood comes a book that uncovers the guilty secrets of moms today . . . in their own words. I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids diagnoses the craziness and offers real solutions, so that mothers can step out of the madness and learn to love motherhood as much as they love their kids.

i could totally relate to lots of stuff in this book, particularly since i am up at 6am on a saturday to shoot photos of everything i've been making but not had time to photograph, only to find that i had left the camera on, and thus, had a dead battery. ah, the futility.

the book made me take a good hard look at what's really important to me. it made me more willing to let go of the little things, and more ready to focus on the moment. and it made me really, really grateful for my friends who are willing to admit that they don't have it all together either.

in that spirit, i'm off now to play with the bean. happy weekend!