As a woman every day I face pressures all around me-pressure to be thin, look younger, be environmentally responsible etc. But most of the pressures I deal with on a daily basis come from
within. I feel a constant pressure to make everyone I come in contact with happy and logically I am aware that accomplishing this is impossible. Yet I try and often fail. To illustrate the point here is what happened yesterday while I was trying to attain Supermom status. The first Wednesday of every month at my sons school is "Dress for Success Day". I have secretly named it "Dress for Stress Day" which you would understand if you were a fly on my wall these mornings as we are getting ready for school. We seem to always forget when these days are here although it should be easy because it is the same day every month. In March on Dress for Success day we forgot (yet again), I drove my son to school and we were greeted at the door by Nik a 6th grade student all dressed up in shirt and tie. "Wow" I said, "What are you all dressed up for?". This was followed by a tension filled trip back home where my son changed into the proper attire. Yesterday I was so proud of myself-I remembered it was April and time for this months Dress for Success. My son and I were so happy that I remembered and we would at last be prepared and on time. I dropped him off at school and was heading back home to tackle some other Super Woman duties when my cell phone rings. "Hello?", "Hello, Mom...today is Tuesday. Dress for Success is Wednesday."
Three months in a row, I received a phone call at 7:55 AM, "Mom...we forgot dress for success - AGAIN!". This month, I actually scheduled it on my calendar so I wouldn't forget! As annoying as it is, they all look so adorable when they get dressed up. Of course, we can't tell them that, as we would probably just end up getting an eye-roll! Take care Supermom!
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