Comments on: One of Those Days: A Promise to My Daughter

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 01:33:50 +0000

Thanks! Lol maybe I do if you start noticing bottles of wine missing…

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 01:32:40 +0000

Thanks! And I’ve totally crossed that off a list

By: sauvblancmom

sauvblancmom — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 01:29:18 +0000

Jeebus on a pita, do you live at my house? Because that’s me, too, only better written.

By: Foxy Wine Pocket

Foxy Wine Pocket — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 23:17:31 +0000

That’s a beautiful promise and a beautiful post. I can absolutely relate. My Type-A brain had to schedule blocks of “free time” and “play time” into the schedule to ensure I balanced the play with the work. (It also gave me the satisfaction of checking “Have tea party” off of a list.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:07:11 +0000

Thank you so much!

By: Emily woolf

Emily woolf — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 14:50:09 +0000

I absolutely love your words!! We may have been seperated at birth… From the compulsive task completion, nightly heartfelt sunshine routine to the drive to find a way to root our selfes in the pressent. Love your style

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:21:42 +0000

That is so so so very true. I know deep down that the day I stop worrying if I did everything right is the day I probably messed up. And thank you for your words of support. Some days the mom guilt hits a little harder than others. Love you mom

By: Susie

Susie — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 23:47:35 +0000

Wow, that is such a beautifully written promise and a truth that I believe most mothers go through.
Being an older mother whose child raising years are long gone, I went through exactly what you described.
Let me just tell you something that has always stuck with me: While getting my annual review at work by my manager he said to me “Why is it that the hardest workers and the best employees always feel that they could/should be doing more while the slackers and not so good employees come in acting shocked and mad when they are told that they are not doing a good job and should be doing more”. My Point Is: You are doing a wonderful job. You WILL always feel like you could do more, that is what caring and loving mothers carry with them always. It is the mothers that do not think they should do more or do better that we have to worry about
With that being said, I do wish and encourage you to “Slow” down Not that baby-girl is being slighted but for your sanity/happiness. Because I can guarantee you that if this is making you feel guilty and choked up now, when your children are grown and you reflect back you will still be feeling guilty and choked up but worse because you can’t change a thing at that point.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 04:39:07 +0000

I have to remind myself quite often that daily chores and stuff to do will still be there even if I need to slow down for a few days.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:55:36 +0000

Thank you! It was definitely a more difficult piece to write but I needed to make the promise real and I’m sure other moms have felt this way at some point in time too.