Celebrate You , Mom: The "Perfect Mother" for Your Child! Motherhood Holidays

“There's no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill

This is one of the greatest truths I’ve come to know about motherhood. However, we moms often compare ourselves to other mothers and chase perfection. Yet the quest is futile. There is no such thing as a perfect mother, and any mom who appears to be perfect or even to have it all figured out is surely struggling along with the rest of us; she’s just hiding it better!

So let’s try this: let’s recognize that parenting is hard. Let’s recognize that we’re the perfect mothers for our kids. We’re just what they need, and that’s something to be celebrated!

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Comments (5)

Donna John
You are so right about this, Ann Marie Gardinier Halstead ! Happy Mother's Day to you, and to all the "perfect" mom out there!
Elisa Schmitz
I love this, and you, Ann Marie Gardinier Halstead ! Happy Mother's Day to you and our amazing team! Donna John Nicole DeAvilla Christine Jones
Nicole DeAvilla
Thanks Elisa All Schmitz 30Seconds and Happy Mother's Day to you and the team too! XO
Ann Marie Patitucci
Same to you, Elisa All Schmitz 30Seconds, and all those who mother in this amazing tribe!
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