From the get-go Prince Charming and I agreed that our marriage came first, then our kids, because happy kids come from happy marriages. I think that’s the reverse of how most folks come to it tho. I got a lot of grief for not making my kids the center of the universe.

And I haven’t read that article; hadn’t even heard of it until I read your post. So forgive me if the rest of this is not quite on point… so for what it’s worth:

I always knew I would not be a stay-at-home mom. Had I tried that route, I would have been the mom that drowned her kids in the bathtub. And I’m only kidding a little bit. Having it all wasn’t the point of working outside the home. Maintaining my sanity was. It doesn’t work for everyone; that’s what makes the world go round as they say. I never even considered whether I had it all, or wanted it all. It just worked out the way it was supposed to work out. Thankfully.

I will, say, too, tho, that when folks tell you make time for yourself, they are offering you the most honest and caring advice they can. Because it’s like when you’re trying to save a drowning person, you have to know how to swim yourself first. Or when you’re given instructions on an airplane to put the o2 mask over your own face first. Because you can’t save your kids if you can’t breath. Same thing goes for life: you can’t raise your kids if you can’t breath. So, yes, you must take some time to breath… whatever that means for you (zumba perhaps is your o2). Because that makes you a better mom.

Wonderfully written post, from the opening to the closing. :>