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How Being an Entrepreneur Prepared Me for Being a Mom
Many people who start a business later in life – after raising kids – say that motherhood helped prepare them for entrepreneurship. This got me thinking because for me, it was actually the reverse: Entrepreneurship helped prepare me for motherhood.
Unleash Your Inner Goddess!
My grandmother used to share the pearl that a woman needs to marry a man who loves her just a little bit more than she loves him because a woman goes through so many more physical changes in her lifetime. The changes women experience are phased around the reproductive life cycle menstrual cycle, pregnancy(ies), menopause, post-menopause. These changes wreck havoc on womens hormones, sexual organs and physical, emotional and psychological being. Gee, your man better love you!
Taking Child Bullying From “Hit Me” to “Hug Me”
My sixth grade teacher taught me a most invaluable lesson when she said, Cynthia, you need to grow thicker skin. I was a super sensitive kid and really needed to stop letting everything affect me so deeply. My knee jerk response was to sway to the other side of the pendulum, testing my forte at being a bitch and wearing impenetrable armor. My shield became so fortified by 8th grade that you couldnt even ask me for a piece of gum. It took me time to work out the proper balance, but I still get hit with zingers. We all do.
Our Kid’s Education Doesn’t Stop When the Bell Rings
Time flies so fast. I have been out of school for 10+ years and still get back to school jitters. I have children who are now in school. I learn so much from watching my kids learn and grow. At each stage of their journey, you both gain and lose something. My son is definitely not a baby anymore; he suddenly transitioned into a little boy. While I miss my little mushy baby, I adore the little man now standing before me with his unique vernacular. With his backpack ready to take on the world, Im already wondering where the past 4 years went. As he heads off to school, I pray and wonder, how can I help? How can I guide him? Sometimes I feel so lost in how to direct him to his next steps.
Dr. Mom to the Rescue!
When it comes to my kids health, I find the revolutionary pearl stated by Dr. Benjamin Spock to moms of you know more than you think you do reassuring, if not pressure-inducing. Your childs health is your responsibility. In this regard, moms need to morph into hawks. Its an unwritten rule that when you give birth, you take a short form of the Hippocratic Oath to care for your children.