http://redclaydiaries.com/2009/06/15/what-i-learned-kids-with-the-sitter-catching-up-on-twitter-edition/ Rambling down the dirt road of life Tue, 08 May 2012 14:57:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://redclaydiaries.com/2009/06/15/what-i-learned-kids-with-the-sitter-catching-up-on-twitter-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-2872 dawn Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:34:35 +0000 http://redclaydiaries.com/?p=1030#comment-2872 2009 has been the year of no guilt for me and it's AWESOME! Whenever I get that feeling I count to 10 and think it away. I believe every parent has guilt within reach at all times..but it's like the old saying about salt...a little makes it taste better and too much ruins the flavor (at least it's along those lines). I purged my guilt when I realized that the guilt I had toward my kids was making me 2 dimensional. I couldn't enjoy anything away from them! I know that's not what I wanted or was it healthy for them to perceive me that way...it didn't really help my marriage either. I think kids long for independence and taking the time for yourself gives them just that and gives you time to regroup...motherhood is not about playing with your kids all day, but about being the woman you were meant to be...if that means taking a day to write...do it..there are worse things in life then having a mother that knows her hearts desire and takes the time to do it. They will be just fine and if they are like my kids...the adore the babysitter...she's probably more fun anyway. Ha! 2009 has been the year of no guilt for me and it’s AWESOME! Whenever I get that feeling I count to 10 and think it away. I believe every parent has guilt within reach at all times..but it’s like the old saying about salt…a little makes it taste better and too much ruins the flavor (at least it’s along those lines). I purged my guilt when I realized that the guilt I had toward my kids was making me 2 dimensional. I couldn’t enjoy anything away from them! I know that’s not what I wanted or was it healthy for them to perceive me that way…it didn’t really help my marriage either. I think kids long for independence and taking the time for yourself gives them just that and gives you time to regroup…motherhood is not about playing with your kids all day, but about being the woman you were meant to be…if that means taking a day to write…do it..there are worse things in life then having a mother that knows her hearts desire and takes the time to do it. They will be just fine and if they are like my kids…the adore the babysitter…she’s probably more fun anyway. Ha!

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