i'm no stranger to wanting to be a million different people at once. if i had my pick, i'd be a civil war-era southern belle, a woodstock hippie, and a flapper from the roaring 20's. this may also be why i had 7 different majors in college. so it's quite fitting that i became a mother, because now i literally get to be a million different people at once: a maid, a chef, a chauffeur, a referee, a photographer, a counselor, a doctor, a teacher, an event coordinator, a personal shopper, santa claus, the easter bunny, and the tooth fairy...to name a few. i even get to be inanimate objects from time to time, like a jungle gym or a trash can (why do my girls insist upon handing me their trash when they're finished with it, like lollipop sticks or gum wrappers?)
all of this, plus working a full time job, can be a handful. but these are just the the jobs that i do personally. i have friends who, on top of all of this and on top of their careers, also have part time jobs. and park board meetings. and soccer practice. and dance lessons. and some of them even do all of this as a single parent. wow.
so...have you hugged a mom today?
