Mommy Brain

 

  "Mommy Brain", that is the excuse I use for all my dumb mistakes.  Including, but not limited to, why I cant find my phone, sunglasses, shoes, or writing utensils.  Why I cant remember what they talked about in church or who and when I saw that person last.  If I call you by the wrong name, I normally attribute it to my "Mommy Brain".   Why?  Well, at first I was thinking that it was because each of my children took some of my brain cells when I was pregnant...or something.  Maybe it was because I have five million things going on and my brain does not work that fast.  Possibly because I suffer from extreme lack of sleep. Yet, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it is mainly an excuse for letting my self get lazy.  It is my excuse for allowing myself to talk 2yr old and younger all day.  For not taking the time to read a chapter of  a grown up book with words that have more than one syllable.  If I can not teach m self to think better, and groom my brain to remember things, and maintain my "smarts"  as I like to call them, then how am I supposed to teach my children to understand bigger words, and concepts?   From now on, I am going to bid my "dumb" "mommy brain" adieu.
      Please join me in saying hello to the "Sharp Mommy Brain" who can menu plan, potty train, and still communicate on a adult level. Well, we are getting there.  Now this takes time and discipline.  something that I am good at dishing out to others, and not so good at giving to myself.   So hello, to making myself take time to go to the library and getting a book for me and actually reading it. Taking time every day to not only water my brain, but water my soul with extra word of God as well, because the watering of the soul will water my brain also and help it to grow.  If you can not take care of yourself, how can you take care of those God has entrusted to you?  
   I realize that I may always loose my phone, and sunglasses, and only have one of each of my pairs of shoes, but I will at least know how to talk to other adult human beings, and expand my brain use to its maximum level. Not to mention, teach my children to do the same.

....Here Goes...