It is OK

Sometimes, you just have to do what you have to do to get through the day. I used to be harder on myself about it, thinking that any wrong thing I did was going to have lasting consequences on the little souls I am shaping. Welp, not anymore. I have decided it is OK to do some things for your self, your sanity, and the wellbeing of your children.

• to hide in the bathroom to eat the last cupcake
• to let Lucy have a donut for breakfast instead of the green smoothie I made her
• to make a trip to the library for only movies
• to take both kids into the liquor store at 10:30 in the morning
• to leave the baby vomit on the floor for the dog to get
• to get dressed for the day when i see Jameson's car pulling up in the evening
• to not totally hate pumping only when i have a beer in my hand
• to not do what the doctor/ other parents recommend when it comes to taking care of my children
• to adapt the "dangerous or just disgusting" rule one of my friends taught me
• to remind myself that at the end of the day, even when i feel like i failed at everything i attempted, there is still nothing i would rather be doing