The D.R.E.A.M.

Let me first say, I am a doer----not a perfectionist.
I wholeheartedly believe in these two things about so-called perfectionism:
1.  The perfect is the enemy of the good. -Voltaire
2.  Perfectionist is just a nicer word for Procrastinator. 

I am also a mother.  A Mother/Doer.  Family birthday?  Pictures uploaded same day.  Someone's birthday?  Let's just quickly make all the birthday cards we'll need for the month so we don't forget.  Do I feel bad that I have my 3 year old sit and draw them all at once?  No.  Do I feel guilty when she's bored halfway thru and only finishes with one color crayon?  No.  Because, I KNOW they won't get picked up again if we stop now--- the thought won't get finished, and I am sorry, it's not really so much the thought that counts.  We started the cards, let's have our friends open them on their birthday and have a smile!

I hear a lot of moms talk about what they don't have time for.  Now, I have two kids-- I totally get it.  But ultimately, we make time for the things that are important to us.  Even if it's only 3.9 minutes a day.  It adds up.  There is always a choice.  Leave the clean up and watch Modern Family?  Abandon the laundry and hop on Facebook for 30 minutes?

But sometimes if I mention a book I am reading, I'll get a judgmental quip back, "Wow, how do you have time to read books?  I have no time with kids, the house, cooking...", etc.  Who has time?  I take it out of my sleep, I do it while I nurse, or I set my kids up with some toys and do it.  I just love to read too much.

So, for all the moms out there who love to read and feel guilty about it--- or have let it slip and want to get back to the Ravenous-Book-Place--- here is my blog.  I am going to post about whatever book I am currently reading.  Hopefully you can get a copy from your library or book store and read along with me.  We'll be the kind of online book club you'd actually like to go to in clean clothes every Tuesday, but here I care a little less about hygiene, so you're more likely to show.

I may slack off from time to time and not be reading, so feel free to call me on it.

Here's to D.R.E.A.M. Book Club... Determined Readers Even After Motherhood.