Allowing others to help

UGH.... It's been a month....

Let's just say that there are times when life goes nuts and crazy and hard and you resort to doing the essentials because you are not quite sure you can handle anything else.  And it's those times that allowing others to help and assist where they can is essential.

To many mothers decide that they are the living embodiment of Superwoman and Wonder Woman rolled into one.  They need no help and can handle everything.  While it is true that women are AMAZING and have capabilities FAR BEYOND anything they give themselves credit for, there is a reason why we have each other while we are on earth.  This is not an invitation to slack on responsibilities and pawn your children off on other people.  It is an invitation to consider saying yes when someone offers to help.

Especially when life is hard.

So it light of that, I would like to thank a few people.

A delayed thanks to the woman at Walmart who paid for my stuff when the machine decided to not take my debit card that worked at every other store.  There was money in my account but that did not phase you.  It didn't matter to you if I had a million dollars in my account or if I was negative in my account.  You just saw a young mother who was trying to not get stressed out as she stood there holding her baby and wondering why her debit card would not work.  You made my day.

Thanks to my sister who noticed that I sounded a little down in one of my last blog posts.  Even though I didn't really need to talk about anything, you were the only one that said anything and that really means a lot to me that you reached out and offered to listen.

And lastly, thanks to a new friend of mine who emailed me with an offer to help the morning after I was up late with a sleepless baby, praying for help.  You are the answer to a prayer and I am really grateful for your offer.  You and your husband are good people.

So the lesson of the last month is that I am not Superwoman.  And as awesome as it would be to be Wonder Woman so I could have her invisible jet, I'm not her either.  I do my best and that is good.  I am an awesome mother and I am grateful for the support systems in my life.  And I take the time to offer to help those people that I can.  We are truly a network of women who are amazing when we work together.  Together we are a superhero.