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I knew from a young age that I wanted to be a mother. I guess you could say it was just in me to be a mom. Once I got married to my husband I looked forward to becoming a mom and looked forward to starting a family with him. Since I had little brothers and sisters, as well as a couple of nephews, I thought I had a pretty good idea of what motherhood would be like.
Boy did I have no idea at all! Motherhood is the best thing that has ever happened to me, but it has also provided some of the worst moments that have happened to me. Hang on, don’t get offended yet, or start judging me as a mom. Let me explain.
The Best Thing: My kids are my world. I can’t even imagine my life without them. From the minute they were placed in my arms for the first time my life changed for the better. They are beautiful, sweet, and amaze me everyday. They teach me so much about the world, life, and about myself. They really are the best thing that has ever happened to me.
Some of the Worst Things: Until I became a mom I was never slapped in the face for helping someone put their clothes on, or punched in the eye for giving someone their meal. The abuse you get as a mom is real. It isn’t fun. (But at least they are the best thing that ever happened to me so that makes all the abuse worth it.) But, some of the worst things that have happened to me have been done by my kids. Let me share a story about my daughter that happened about a month ago, to paint a picture of my life with a toddler for you.
I was blissfully asleep one morning when all of the sudden I was awoken in the worst way possible. Smacked in the face with an unidentified object! I jolted up, opening my eyes to see my adorable toddler staring at me. She saw she had hurt me and immediately shoved the unidentified object that was used to wake me underneath my pillow. I reached under the pillow to see what she had used to wake me in such a horrible way, thinking it was a stuffed animal toy or something similar. It was a clear full soggy diaper! She had removed her diaper, and thought ‘I should hit mom in the face with this to wake her up, so she can put a new diaper on me.’ I quickly look and see she has no diaper on. How did I not notice that before? Anyway, that is probably the worst way I have even been woken up and hopefully it will hold that record. The only thing worse would have been a diaper filled with other substances. Thank God it was just pee!
What I have learned from times like these (where mom is a punching bag, sometimes literally) is to find humor in it. I now think back on that diaper to the face incident and I laugh. It is hilarious to me now. So I love when I find other moms who share in finding humor and making me laugh about motherhood.
That is why I am loving Moms Rule! When I first saw Stephanie Blum’s MOMS RULE Series I was cracking up. She is hilarious! Stephanie Blum is a former school psychologist turned stand-up comedian. And I just love what she is doing here bringing moms together to talk about things we might not normally say, but definitely are feeling. It makes for some really funny videos. Check out this intro to her Moms Rule series…
“MOMS RULE is a funny and irreverent web series on YouTube that exposes the secrets all moms have in common designed to have you LAUGH OUT LOUD! Comedian Stephanie Blum wants people to post comments so she can hear your opinions.”
Stephanie Blum also has an upcoming comedy series on TLC called WHAT SHE SAID. It premiers during TLC’s “Mother Of All Weeks” leading up to Mother’s Day. The sneak peek will air on Sunday May 10th at 11pm ET/10pm CT on TLC. I have my DVR all set to tape it and can’t wait to watch it.
Follow Stephanie Blum on Facebook or Twitter: @StephanieBlum or @MomsRuleShow, and subscribe to their YouTube channel or Facebook page . That way you will be the first to find out how YOU can appear on the show MOMS RULE! Also, get bonus and backstage episodes, free tickets to MOMS RULE – The LIVE Stand-Up Comedy Tour (starring the moms from the show, LIVE on stage) and find out how you can book them to perform their special brand of stand up comedy LIVE at YOUR event.
Check out this hilarious video from the Moms Rule Series, “Genius or Imbecile?”
