To the mom I was in 2018…

You may have yelled just as much as you did in 2017 though your resolution was to be more patient. You may have said a year ago today that you were going to feed your kids healthier, have better bedtime routines, and go on more impromptu vacations. But chances are that the majority of that did not happen as your kids did not wake up on January 1st better behaved, with a more refined taste pallet and the love for nap times and bed times, nor did you somehow find 27 hours in a day instead of the normal 24 to squeeze in those extra vacations or day trips. But do you know what? That is really ok. Because though you might not have hit all those individual resolutions, I’m pretty sure you did hit the unspoken one that all those other ones were really trying to say. You did your best to be the best mom to your kids. You tried.

2018 was the year that you vowed to be a better mom than you were in 2017. And just by making that resolution, even if it was subconscious resolution, you are already better than you were the year before. Even better than just the day before. And even if you feel like the year turned out pretty much the same as the year before, I promise your kids did not. They noticed the extra work you put in to make that new meal that had something everyone would like. They noticed that you were up still folding laundry when they were heading to bed so that you can have a whole day with them tomorrow with no interruptions, even if it was just at home. They noticed the fact that you read 3 stories to them before bed in attempts to get them in bed by 9 though they might not have actually fallen asleep till 9:30. And even if not all of your attempts stuck to become a routine, just trying made you the best mom possible to your kids.

So for 2019, my resolution is to try (and not almost die – haven’t succeeded at this resolution twice in the past). I’m going to try even though I know I will fail at a lot of things this year. I’m going to try to make more crock pot meals so that I spend more time playing than cooking in the evenings. I’m going to try and get all my laundry done in one day instead of three so that I can spend the other two building forts and playing princess dress up. And I’m going to continue to try to raise good human beings. Trying is 99% of parenthood so as long as your vow to try this coming year, I’m pretty sure it is going to be one for the books. So talk to you later my friends, see you in 2019.

XOXO,

The One Legged Mommy

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