Mommy Time

I recently read another mom's blog about making time for yourself. This mom has 4 young children and has made time to care of her own body and is showing amazing results. Honestly, she is a real inspiration. I know that the struggle of making time is one that a lot of moms deal with. Is it really okay to leave my kids for date night, the gym, or drinks with friends? I'm a full time working mom who already spends over 9 hours a day away from my kids. Most nights, I'm rushing home to feed them dinner and then it's already time for baths and bed. So how can I justify doing anything during my nights and weekends that takes me away from them. As a result, we take our kids almost everywhere we go, I've found myself food shopping at 10:00 at night, and I very rarely work out. But in my rational, I'm-a-person-and-not-just-a-mom mind, I know that mommy time is a good thing. So Friday night, I scheduled a massage for myself. It was amazingly relaxing and so worth it. I ran an errand on my way home and drove the long way with the window down. Yes, I wanted to be home for family time and yes, I felt some guilt for not being there for dinner and for leaving  my 3 year old pouting on the front steps. (Especially when he cried that I was going to take too long. Ugh.) But for my own sanity and that of my husband and children, sometimes this mom does need to get away.

Not happy about Mommy leaving