Today is a critically important day for moms everywhere. Because today, is National Comparison Day.
It’s the Monday after Mother’s Day and you will be going into work our logging onto Facebook and you will see what every other kid, every other husband, has done for every other mom on the planet.
I don’t know how your Mother’s Day went. Some year’s mine is great. Some years, not so much. (This is not a color-me-bitter post. I had a lovely day.) But no matter how your day went, tomorrow can be filled with challenges…
- If your day was not all breakfast in bed and hand-drawn cards, it could be hard to hear about the flowers that were delivered, the brunches eaten, but other moms.
- If you had a great Sunday, there could be a crash and burn when you realize that it’s another 364 days until you have a Sunday afternoon off.
So here is what I want you to do, today, in celebration of National Comparison Day: Something just for you.
I want you to take a moment today to take care of yourself. It is so important that you do not measure the job you are doing as a mom by the number of kids who posted their love on Twitter. It is critical that you do not spend Monday going over the game tapes of how your day went.
Here are just a few things that would count in taking care of yourself and celebrating you as a mom:
- Getting a latte
- Reading a chapter in a book that not about your work or your kids
- Sitting by a lake, a pool, or any other body of water
- Buying a $5 magazine that you normally wouldn’t buy (Real Simple is my magazine indulgance)
- Buying a song on iTunes (May I suggest Sara Groves, Jack Johnson, or Third Day…)
- Lighting a candle that smells amazing
Q4U: What are you going today, on National Comparison Day?
Bless you girl. You are doing good work.
OH how I used to do that! I have learn to try not to compare with others. All it ever did was leave me feeling sorry for myself. A Pastor shared with with several years ago something that helped him throughout his years. I did not get it at first and actual baulked at it however, now I understand it and use it as my own motto; the motto is :
“0 expectations equals 0 disappointments.” When we remove our expectations we feel on others we will not feel disappointed when they do not follow through with what we are expecting. This has helped me TREMENDOUSLY through these last 4 years.
However, if it is a day to treat myself special I am going to take a longer then usual bath, with candle light and a cup of coffee. 🙂 Yesterday was a very busy day by performing 2 presentations (I had taken some time off because of a back injury. Decided I would try it again and started back on Mother’s day of all days lol I could have waited a week ) then had all the family at my house for the whole day.
If you think of me I will be presenting the gospel next Sunday to both kids and adults. Therefore, I could use prayer that the people God is working on they will be there and that there is no blockage for them to not be there. That their hearts will be open and the words that come out of my mouth are only His words.
Enjoy your day everyone!
Your post made me laugh because I checked facebook before I went to bed last night and started reading all the posts of the day. Today I will smile when I hear all the stories and be grateful for what I have and the family I love.
I will spend my day looking at what my family made yesterday!! So will the rest of the block! In presuit of higher education we made a very large VOLCANO in my flowerbed and erupted it!!! As my husband says…Engineers do it bigger! I had a great day just being with my WHOLE family of three this year and there is no comparison to be made. I love my day! But I can definitely go and get my coffee and maybe a magazine!!!
Not compare my day to anyone else’s.
After playing online for a few, I am going to get off my backside, make a pot of sweet tea (a hint of brown sugar makes it el yummo), clean up the kitchen that didn’t get cleaned, finish binding a quilt and do some laundry.
I will NOT: be pathetic. I will not attend a pity party for more than 10 minutes.
I will thank God that my kids are comfortable around me enough to be total brats (thinking the words butt and head) but be fabulous for other people.
I will write a little note the the boy’s gf, cuz SHE got me a mom’s day card. How cool is that??