JustMOMsensations

Welcome to my first Guest Blogger - Jenn of Oh So Nourished .    I love her perspective.   And we all know I respect women who share truth to help lift each other up!      ~ Sheri Gammon Dewling ~ Dear Moms, Does this sound familiar to you?     “I will only use cloth diapers.”   “I will hand make all of my baby’s food.”    “I will exclusively breastfeed my baby.”   “I will always wear my baby.”   “I will never let my baby see me angry.”  Always, always, always.  Never, never, never. Only, only, only. Ah, the sweet haze of first time parenthood.  Scratch that—the sweet haze that preceded first time parenthood.  When I was pregnant, I was confident that I would be able to live up to my own expectations of crunchy motherhood . I was able to live up to my own standards before baby, so surely I could do it once she got here…right? Wrong....

Being " in the present moment "  is an ongoing issue for me.  I see that same quality mirrored in my 8-year old daughter.  I am constantly being peppered with questions like: "What are we doing this weekend?"   "Is there anything special coming up?"   "I can't wait until summer .... "    As a child I would often hear my Mother say; " stop and smell the roses ", instead of rushing through my childhood.  I tended to push forward to each milestone, instead of fully enjoying the spaces in between.  Even in my 30s I had not made enough improvement in this area.  I read a book called Real Moments by Barbara De Angelis.  The message in the book was very similar to what my Mom had always told me, but the message was packaged differently enough to catch my attention and make me stop to consider how it affected me.   I began to make subtle changes. While fighting through morning traffic on the w...