I Stand Corrected

OK, my post yesterday was a vent...and the dis about Mother's Day was bound to happen. But the moment after I wrote that and posted it, I read an article that has since made me rethink my feelings about motherhood.

In this article, the author spoke of the story in Matthew 25 that we generally think of in terms of charity. Mothers are good at "Clothing the naked, feeding the hungry...." They do it all the time. But how many of us have ever thought that WE are also those"whom ye saw naked, and clothed" or "hungered and fed"?

Maybe we need to cut ourselves a little slack.

I don't imagine any mom worth the title gets up any morning of her children's lives and wondered how she could ruin her kid that day. We each try really hard to do the best we can. No, we aren't perfect at it, but it isn't for lack of trying.

Most moms--especially the ones I really admire--work very hard to do the best they can for each of her children. And that best isn't always the same for each child. She is personalizing her mothering for each one. Honing in on what will assist and teach and develop her child--one child at a time.

So, I apologize for the snippy Mother's Day remark, and vow that tomorrow I will do my best to cut myself and everyone else I know a little more slack about our parenting behaviors. But that doesn't mean I have to like singing "Love at Home".