Our family has discovered "The Redbox"... Yes,  I know "Where have you been?"

We recently rented the movie "Marley & Me" with Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson.  Very briefly it is about a young couple, both journalists, marry and move to the city, find jobs and do the career thing. They decide to start a family and here is where the likeness begins.  Aniston's character is successful in her career and made a name for herself.  She longs to be a mother and once that happens she eventually decides to leave her job to stay home with the kids.  

I was encouraged by Aniston's honest portrayal of a career woman turned wife/homemaker/mother and her daily joys and frustrations.  It was almost as though I was watching my life on the television.  Going from my own career to being a SAHM has given me an education that no student loans could ever pay for! There are days when nothing goes as planned, no laundry gets done, kids are cranky and everything is just topsy turvy.  Gone are the days of planning and scheduling and here are my days of feeling like a failure as a mother, wife and homemaker.  I joke with friends and family that the "domestic gene skipped me".  I actually enjoy cooking, cleaning and laundry just not with a 9 month old screaming and clinging to me and a 3 year old wanting to color, snack, play outside and swim all at the same time.  

I say all this to simply say if you feel like your daily frustrations are due to your own lack of ability to maintain the kids and the household chores you need to see this movie.  It was encouraging to see that the things I go through and the feelings that I experience are common and perfectly normal.  If it is movie worthy then it must have some truth to it and there are many other Super SAHM's that go through exactly what I go through each and every day!