My Mom Logic

Mom+Logic= My Mom Logic?

It's not as easy as 1+1, or 2+2, and the answers are not something we learned in school. As we grow as individuals, go through life experiences, hit road blocks, jump over obstacles, cherish the victories, we start to put one and one together, and two and two together. There is no right or wrong, it's you and your "logic."

My Mom Logic is striving to live in the moment. When I am able to take a moment to be in the moment, I can see everything, feel everything, smell everything, taste everything, and just be myself. Being a mother, we tend to put ourselves on the back burner and do twenty things at the same time. At the end of the day, you find yourself planning ahead for the next day and unable to take a minute for yourself. For me, when I give myself the freedom to be "me" and put myself "first" and live in the moment, I can share so many magical moments with my child, be a better mother, wife, daughter, sister, and friend.

When I was told to share my Mom Logic, I kept running circles in my head. Mom, Logic, hmm...What does that mean to me? We are all moms and we try to make logical decisions based on what we think is right or wrong. But going deeper, the logic behind a mom, to me, is allowing myself, 15 minutes to an hour, to have "me" time, to do what my heart desires, and not feel guilty about it (even if it's taking a short nap). I think taking the time to feed my soul and enlighten my heart, on a daily basis, is what gives me strength to live a more fulfilled life as a mother. When I feel fulfilled, I am more available and open to meet the needs of my child, my husband, my parents, and my friends.

I personally feel that my mom logic, to live in every moment, has opened my eyes to the bigger picture. I am able to laugh, smile, cry, yell, scream, and just to be "me." When you are true to yourself, you can be true to the world, and therefore set an example for your child, that there is nothing wrong with being "you." Whatever you feel, see, taste, and smell are your true experiences. I think when you are honest and true with yourself, you become an honest role model for your child.

Just the other day, the heat of the California weather, crept up on us, and our place was like a sauna. My daughter and I put our bathing suits on and went into the bathtub, and pretended to swim. We even took some strawberries with us. We played with her dinosaurs, put our fingers through the water, she drank some bath water, we fed each other strawberries, laughed a lot, and when water got into her eyes, she cried hard. We were both living, being ourselves, and learning about one another with the moments we were sharing.

For me, I want my daughter to grow up living in the moment and being honest and true to who she is. Every part of who she is, is what makes her special and unique from everybody else. That is why I feel so strongly about living in the moment, and that is what is behind "My Mom Logic."