My Mommy Manifesto

Before Bug was born, I started my own Mommy Manifesto.  It’s just a list of “must do’s” that I made for myself as I imagined becoming a parent.  I continued adding to it once he was born, but I haven’t looked at it in well over a year.  I pulled it out the other day. 

My Mommy Manifesto:

·         Honor the importance of family meals

·         Do activities together, rather than acting as a chauffeur

·         Don’t overschedule

·         Talk about each day’s highlights and disappointments

·         Grow a garden together

·         Share passions

·         Volunteer

·         Enjoy the outdoors

·         Travel, travel, travel

·         Day trips – explore locally

·         Write down goals and work toward them

·         Save money together

·         Cook together

·         Meditate together

·         Be and encourage good role models

·         Find their unique gifts and foster them

·         Laugh!

·         Relax!

·         Try to experience something new everyday

·         Always greet them with enthusiasm

·         Stay educated so I make wise choices

·         Take care of myself so I can be a giving and forgiving mom

·         Create traditions

Many of the things I wrote down, we do without even thinking about.  Some practices will come a bit further down the road as the kids get older and others I definitely need to work on.  Even if I fail in some of these areas, I hope that, no matter what, they know they were loved.