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Motherhood: A Day in the Life

March 24th, 2013 | 1 Comment

What do you do?

What DID you do before you had kids?

How was your day?

Isn’t it easier being a working mom?

I’ve been asked all these questions directly. They always feel loaded, even if they aren’t. In these modern times, motherhood is a huge balancing act. In our purest role as mothers, we are providing a customized, individualized, 24/7 on-call, volunteer service to tiny, adorable, demanding, intelligent, passive-agressive clients. And then we have our own lives and possibly a “second job” on top of that. Acts of Motherhood are performed with a million different variables coming into play. Each mother does things at least a little differently than the next, but there is one huge thing that ties us all together: we are all mothers.

This week the guest posts that I will be sharing here on Instead of the Dishes are all written by mothers who are providing us with a snapshot of their lives, a “Day in the Life” of a mom. My hope is that these posts give insight to what the day-to-day of motherhood is like, how different motherhood can be for each of us, and how we are all the same. Maybe we’ll find answers to some of those questions I listed above, maybe we’ll start to accept and embrace our differences more and judge other moms and ourselves less. At the least, I hope you enjoy what these lovely ladies are putting on the table for you. Join me back here tomorrow for the first post in the series.

~Fawn