Okay, I think I was a bit harsh with my Super Mom post. Really, I was pretty mean and sounded a little judgmental. (maybe alot judgemental?) I have come to discover that I may possibly be a victim of the Super Mom phenomenon, just on a different scale. And who the hell cares anyways? So I like to bake, have a clean house, do super fun stuff with my kids? So what? Doesn't that just make me a MOM? In this day and age, isn't it expected? If a mom does not exhibit super powers and follow the Super Mom phenomenon, is she a bad mom? Does society look at her with sympathetic eyes, thinking "Oh that poor Mom. She can't do it all - she must feel horrible."
WAIT! What am I saying?!?!?!
Just because a woman has the ability to bear children is that woman expected to do it all? How about bearing children, working full-time, keeping house, being a good wifey, raising children - yadda yadda yadda. Is the expectation to do it all? And why? And why do I care? Who is whispering behind my back if I haven't showered in 3 days? My floors are clean and my kids have homemade cookies in their lunch. That's what's important - right? Right.... (enter EXTREME SARCASM here) *sigh*
I guess the Super Mom confusion continues. I gotta go make some organic bread from flour I just milled myself before I get the craft supplies out that are made only from recycled, eco-friendly materials - all while breast feeding my baby and teaching phonics to my other kids. No big deal...
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