Discovery Moms group.....

I will be attending a "mommy group" this Friday. I am not really sure what to expect, but I know I need some "me" time. Is that bad?
I think as a mother, we are all looking for different things in a support system. Some people join to educate themselves on topics about parenting, others are looking for playgroups where their children can play, some are looking for volunteer opportunities, and others are just looking for other mothers to talk to. Whatever your reason may be for finding a support group, having a good support system can really be beneficial to you.
For me, Parenting has been the toughest, most under appreciated; under rated BEAUTIFUL important job in the whole world. There are no instructions. No matter how hard you try, you will always feel like you're doing it all wrong, always feel like you should have handled a situation better, and always be consumed with guilt!! My aunt always said, "It's the most pain you'll ever feel in your life, for the biggest joy you'll ever have." I like that.
You know, sometimes we feel like failures as moms. Or maybe it's just me: The constant fussing and nagging, the wanting to be alone, the having to teach responsibility and consequences, giving them too much sugar, the wishing you read and sang to her more each day, the scrapbooks that sit waiting to be finished, not being cool and so out of touch with what's in, always being exhausted, the fear and all the guilt that ensues because of our feeling the need to be “Supermom”. It's what makes us just want to give up. It's a whole lot easier to just let them do what they want, isn't it? No fussing or punishments or hard stuff and the like. Well, that's exactly what we should do. Just give up. Not in the way you're thinking, just give it up to God. They're His to begin with. I'm tired of stressing about what kind of parenting job I'm doing when really it should be so simple.
You know the Scripture ...
"Teach a child in the way he should go and when he grows old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6
That's all we can do. Teach them. Pray for them. Love them.
And, NEWS FLASH ... we will never be perfect moms, no matter how hard we try.
The best things we can give our kids is allowing them to see our humanness. When we allow ourselves to not be perfect, they know it's OK to not be perfect.
I pray for opportunities to speak to my daughter about God. And I am thankful to be part of an organization like Discovery Moms, where there are other Moms just like me. I hope Friday is everything I hope it will be....