Mom's Night Out

Yesterday I went with a group of my mom friends to go see the new movie the Christian group put out called "Mom's Night Out."  Sure they are never the best made movies, but as a Christian mom I loved it.  Here is the trailer if interested.



I couldn't believe how much I could relate with this mom. One part of the movie, she is talking about how she reaches her boiling point and just explodes.  The example is all her kids trying to interrupt her conversation in the car with her husband and she turns around and screams something along the lines of, Please be quiet, I'm trying to talk to Daddy.  I totally know that feeling.  I laughed so hard during this movie.  I actually think I will purchase this movie and watch it when I am struggling with being a mom.

As a mom, it is so easy to feel you aren't enough.  Some days feel like a total failure.  The house looks like a disaster, all I managed to whip up for dinner was a frozen pizza, and at the end of the day I never got out of my pj's.  The message in the movie reminded me that it is okay to struggle.  No matter where or who we are, God loves us.  Instead of constantly striving to be "perfect," we just need to strive to love and enjoy our children, spouses, and life in general.  This movie also reminded me that I am not alone in this journey of motherhood.  We. all. struggle.  No matter how perfect our lives look via Facebook, Instagram, or the blog world. 

Lets be honest moms.  Motherhood is hard.  There are days when I think, nope, I don't want to do it anymore.  There are days I am jealous my husband gets to leave to go to work.  There are days I just feel gross.  I feel unappreciated, forgotten, unimportant.  Then I realize that is because I am forgetting to look at the big picture.  In that moment, I am frustrated with the whining, the messy fingers touching my pants for the 10th time that day, or the lack of pleases and thank you mom.  But then I take a step back and see there is purpose and meaning to all of these moments.  I, the mom, get to teach each of my beautiful children to love. I get to teach them about the world and help to form them into functional humans.  Into servants of the Lord.  That is huge!  God trusted ME to do that.  When I think of my job in that light, I am reminded how important my job truly is.  I wouldn't change it for anything.  I do love being a mom. 

So to all the moms out there, know you are not alone.  We all struggle.  We all look messy at times.  That is okay.  It just means we are neck deep in this adventure called motherhood. It means we are giving it our all. I am praying for all you mommas out there.  Happy Mothers Day!