Hi, this is my first entry...here it goes....
I just recently realized that even though I became a mom almost two years ago now, I don't have to be the cookie cutter image that media and the world portray a mother should be. I had taken out all my piercings and retired any funky clothes and makeup for baggy clothes or jammies and no makeup at all.... I thought I had to be this clean and clear image of a mom and was just miserable trying to do it. My realization occurred while waiting for a pizza in the restaurant whilst my family waited in the car. I stood there looking around and a local small newspaper type thing caught my eye. I flipped through, enjoying my ten or so minutes of free time and fell upon a story about moms and tattoos. This woman, gorgeous woman, covered in tattoos was the cover picture for the article and she went on to tell how people had told her that she was making it rougher for her kid being the way she was and how parents treated her on the playground while playing with her children...but she didn't care...she was happy and her kids were too and that's all that mattered...not what anyone else thought...and it dawned on me..I wasn't happy trying to be someone I wasnt, this quest to become a soccer mom was leading me no where and it was time to find who I was again. Time to find out what really was going to make me happy, what I wanted to be and feel....
I have since re-pierced my eyebrow and vertical labret and added my sons name to my wrist..right where I can show it off because hes my world and I want to be able to see it all the time...And i get glares in walmart and glares at my step daughters school functions from the yuppy parents but I just smile and say hi and look down at my beautiful baby boy knowing that his life will be so much better with a happy and free spirited mom!
I just recently realized that even though I became a mom almost two years ago now, I don't have to be the cookie cutter image that media and the world portray a mother should be. I had taken out all my piercings and retired any funky clothes and makeup for baggy clothes or jammies and no makeup at all.... I thought I had to be this clean and clear image of a mom and was just miserable trying to do it. My realization occurred while waiting for a pizza in the restaurant whilst my family waited in the car. I stood there looking around and a local small newspaper type thing caught my eye. I flipped through, enjoying my ten or so minutes of free time and fell upon a story about moms and tattoos. This woman, gorgeous woman, covered in tattoos was the cover picture for the article and she went on to tell how people had told her that she was making it rougher for her kid being the way she was and how parents treated her on the playground while playing with her children...but she didn't care...she was happy and her kids were too and that's all that mattered...not what anyone else thought...and it dawned on me..I wasn't happy trying to be someone I wasnt, this quest to become a soccer mom was leading me no where and it was time to find who I was again. Time to find out what really was going to make me happy, what I wanted to be and feel....
I have since re-pierced my eyebrow and vertical labret and added my sons name to my wrist..right where I can show it off because hes my world and I want to be able to see it all the time...And i get glares in walmart and glares at my step daughters school functions from the yuppy parents but I just smile and say hi and look down at my beautiful baby boy knowing that his life will be so much better with a happy and free spirited mom!