You know, being a mom can be tough. But so far I’ve found there’s nothing I can’t deal with if it involves one of my kids, even if it’s something that as an outside observer I’d never be able to handle.<\/p>\n
Such as getting puked on in the middle of the checkout lane at Target. <\/p>\n
If you had asked me yesterday, I’d have said I’d never be able to handle that. Instead, I calmly asked for an empty plastic bag when I realized it was about to happen (unfortunately it was just a half a second too late), then asked for some tissues to clean up the kid, apologized for leaving them a mess (I did offer to help clean it, but they said they’d handle it), and drove my poor sick baby home to clean her up and snuggle her.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, she’s going to miss her Thanksgiving celebration at preschool tomorrow, and she’s pretty upset about that. But I learned today that I can be a strong, calm mom when it counts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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