Your happiness depends on it.
I see you Mama bear, in your yoga pants with your Mom bun hair. You have just enough make up on to make you pass for a human woman and not the zombie you feel like (Cause your toddler is sick and slept most of the night on your face). You haven't been to the salon to get your hair done in ages. Your normally perfect nails are bare because, really, who has the time? You have been cleaning the whole morning, while putting together your kids lunch for school and making sure your husband doesn't forget his coffee you made him to-go. Your kids will make more mess than what you just cleaned up, your husband will forget the coffee and you are probably going to be late for the school drop off. You are juggling so many things Mama and keeping the whole family afloat...I mean your husband slept like he was shot with a tranquilizer gun last night, because you cared for your sick child while he slept. Your children look like they just stepped out of a JC Penny catalogue. The lunch you just made them, is a pinterest master piece...you will probably eat the dry crust of their carefully constructed star sandwich, for breakfast, because lets be honest, you are too exhausted to worry about yourself. You look after everyone else Mama, but what about you! When is it your turn!?
I see you Mama bear, in your yoga pants with your Mom bun hair. You have just enough make up on to make you pass for a human woman and not the zombie you feel like (Cause your toddler is sick and slept most of the night on your face).
Ok, here is a crazy, wild idea...Go out and treat yo' self! Come on Mama you know you deserve it. You are doing such an amazing job raising your little humans, caring for your husband, keeping your house a home, a place the family loves to be. You are doing ALL the things! Wow! Can we just take am moment to think about and appreciate that and all you do for your family and friends. You. Are. Incredible. Us women are like undercover superheros, because we really do, do it all. But you know what, it will eventually take its toll. Your happiness will eventually suffer, if it always ends up taking a back seat. And yes before you think it, I know, "keeping everyone else happy, makes you happy", I know this. And that is great. Buuuut, this is different. This is not about filling the Mama-bear-happy-meter, this is about filling the You-happy-meter. The person you were before you were Mom and wife and all round superhero. The you who loved evening drinks with the girls. The you who always had her hair and nails done. The you who did yoga on the beach and went for a run on Sunday. The you who took a bath for hours, with your book,a glass of wine, maybe even a slab of chocolate. The you, you used to treat before you began treating everyone else! She needs a bit of TLC. That girl deserves a bit of love.
Ok, here is a crazy, wild idea...Go out and treat yo' self! Come on Mama you know you deserve it
Whatever your idea of treating yourself is...do that! Ask your husband to watch the kids while you go to the spa for a massage and pamper day. Let the kids have a Daddy date out of the house and get on the couch with a coffee and popcorn and catch up on all your shows (because these days, the only shows you watch are ones with an animated Pomeranian called Badanamu that sings about puppies, boots and ponytails). Leave the little ones with your parents and go for dinner with friends, get dressed up, stay out and have some fun. Whatever it looks like, big or small, do something for you today. You deserve one day or even a few hours to love yourself for the incredible Mama you are. Your family and the inner woman will thank you. So don't think too hard about it, just go and do it. You will be happy you did.
"Life becomes beautiful when you learn to be as good to yourself as you are to others." Unknown
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