I try to spend most of my time speaking about the hardship
&mother goes through trying to balance their job (may it be at home or outside) and motherhood, since motherhood by itself is already a full-time job.
But it is important to also speak about our lives as women, our interests and our bodies, yes that body that changes with the passing of
pregnancy and time. Our body shape during and after pregnancy changes; stretchmark,
varicose veins, extra weight are only some of the changes we go through. But as
more kids come along and time passes by, our bodies take a life on its own and
become someone else’s body, not ours.
And now we see those wonderful moms that come out in social
media that have a perfect “10” body or shall we say perfect “0” body, since
10 as size number is considered overweight. My God, for me, is a perfect
size.
Ok, so now we need to have tummy tuck surgeries, inject
Botox, fix our boobs, exercise, work, bring up our kids perfectly well behaved
and with strong self-esteem that will be accepted once finished schools with
honors in some of the best universities in the world.
Are you kidding me?? What do you think we are made of? We
are HUMAN BEINGS and as far as I know, nobody has created the magic pill where
we don't grow old, get wrinkles, nor shrink with old age. And there are
only 24 hours in the day, when are we supposed to ENJOY life. Going to work,
take care of the kids, their activities, their tutoring, our to-do list…
So here I am a normal mom, with a normal body, whatever that
maybe, with normal kids, but one thing I know for sure, a mom with normal
loving kids, who whenever I get a chance I express to them the love and pride I
feel for them from the first minute they were born.
So you know what dear wonderful &mother, find yourselves
the time to also go out for a meal with your girlfriends, dinner with your love
partner, have a great massage. But if you are one of those “0” moms, great for
you, really, but if you are not, great for you too!!
So please do relax, everything will be all right and as Dr. Spock used to say “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do”, and not only trust yourself with your kid's education and upbringing but trust yourself and belief in your self no matter what your body looks like today.
SVS/SSH
