So, despite having kids aged 11, 9, and 3, I recently started going to the brand-spanking new MOPS group at our church. Not because I don't know how the motherhood drill goes, obvs, but because I'm feeling more stretched than ever with the constant hokey pokey of one foot in middle school, an arm in elementary, and the other foot in toddlerhood.
I had heard of MOPS before, but seriously, I thought it was more suited for the Stepford types, and bypassed it for many years. I had some good IRL friends and in the early years with my older two, I belonged to parenting message boards, which ultimately evolved into blogging circa 2006. Now that I'm doing it, I've often thought, "Where was this in 2001, when I needed it so?" No matter, things happen the way they're supposed to, right?
This book is the topic of our guided discussions and so far it is pretty good. More cheerful than I am by nature, but definitely not Pollyanna or Stepford-ish. Maybe it can help me be more focused on the big picture instead of the crisis of the moment!
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