Have you read this blog post? It’s circulating among women all over the internet. A good friend of mine sent it to me, knowing I would love it. And when I say I love it … I love it.

I read it twice. I am now semi-obsessed with the author and her blog. On Sunday, I was sitting in the middle of Olive Garden with my parents and the baby and I was trying to tell them about it.

I got to the part where she talks about when she is older and her kids are grown, what she hopes to be able to say to the younger mom she sees in line at the store. And that’s when it happened. I LOST IT. Tears were just streaming down my face, right there in the middle of the restaurant. It was terribly awkward. I mean, my parents were fine with it but the other patrons were staring. I had trouble pulling myself together. And all I was trying to do was talk about this blog post that some chick wrote, I don’t know her at all, but it just really touched me. Because I think she GETS it.

I never cry. I mean, not normally. Like in my normal life, when I’m NORMAL. Right now, I’m not normal. I’m tired and overwhelmed and I just seem to cry a lot.

But seriously … it’s a really great article and if you’re a mom, you need to read it. Because yes, motherhood is very hard. But it’s worth the hard. And it’s nice for someone to acknowledge that.