As readers can tell by perusing my last post, I’m not on board with junking up emotions surrounding motherhood with borrowed words or treacly sentiment. I’m all about the reality, kiddos.
I’ve also never been, since becoming a mom, about abandoning my own hard-won instincts in order to follow any crowd into a place that leaves me wondering if I’m doing the right thing. I can (mostly) figure that out myself.
Though I’ve posted about this before, few people I know address this topic better than the incomparable Jen Singer, mother, soccer coach, blogger, book author, and wearer of leopard print kitten heels (okay, that last part is just my wish for her, and she knows just what I’m talking about).
To celebrate the publication of her fifth (!!) book, here’s a video that says it all. Listen up, mothers. That mumbling and grumbling in your gut? Yeah, listen. It’s not hunger or indigestion. It’s your own instinct, and it’s spot on:
Yeesss! And why I’ve followed Jen Singer’s advice for 7 years now.