Being a good mum

Occasionaly someone says something to me, along the lines of 'your a good mum' .. It may be a definate statement, or it may be in passing conversation. No matter how its said, it has a huge impact on me, whoever said it may as well have paid my mortgage, given me a million dollars, a new pair of shoes and a punnet of strawberries!! .. (i actually dont like strawberries but for the purpose of making my point there it fitted in well and sounded good, so please .. Don't bring me strawberries!)

I have lots of important people in my life, but the kids are by far THE most important. I strive to be a good mother, and dont care if i fail at everything else. Sometimes i do a terrible job and get it all wrong, sometimes i yell too much, sometimes i step back and think "wow, i was really hard on the kids today" .. Sometimes i don't give them enough attention, sometimes i smother them, sometimes i swear in front of them .. NEVER though, never ever do i praise myself for being a good mummy, not untill someone else tells me so and then i give myself a quiet pat on the back.

So although im giving myself a quiet pat on the back right now, never will i think im a good enough mummy to stop trying to be better!!

Now, enough of the deep, im fucking exhausted!!