New year = new outlook on life
After reading a article from Parents.com, I have decided to embrace that perfection doesn't matter. Here is how I plan to live my life from here on out. It only took 10+ months of motherhood to figure this out. I will embrace the fact that I'm not perfect. I will embrace that fact that I can be cranky, and I can lose my patience, and yes -- I can even move the clock ahead an hour just so my kid will go to bed early and give you some peace and quiet. But more importantly I will embrace that fact that my child doesn't need my to be perfect. What she really needs are reasonable limits, lots of hugs and kisses, and a happy mommy. I will get down on the floor and play with my child every day. I will put aside my "technology" my plans and my non desire to plan make believe AND I will get involved. Because playing is my child's way of expressing herself, and my being there boosts her emotional intelligence. Even if I have to fake it and follow h...