I thought the days of feeling socially awkward and left out were behind me.
I mean, I’m 36 years old. I have a family, two kids, and a real, grown-up job. I’m a confident, well-educated, funny, attractive woman — and yet, there is one place where my self-confidence plummets to levels that can only be rivaled by that time in seventh grade when I cut my own bangs and had a unibrow.
Where is this place that makes me second guess every unimportant choice I made that morning and causes me to regress to the pit of my junior high despair?
Answer: My child’s school
It’s easy to feel inadequate and left out in these circumstances
I sometimes find myself feeling like a less-than mom because I’m not a fixture at the school and don’t have a close relationship with my kiddo’s teacher or the other parents.
But then I remember that I, like so many other mamas, hustle all day every day to be the best wife, mom, and human I can. My kids know I love them and I show up for all the important stuff.
I do have a lot of balls in the air at once.
I am trying so hard.
And I’m doing a damn good job. So are you.
