Promises for moms

When the going gets tough, the tough eat chocolate. That's been my motto for some time.

It's great to have a couple of cases pieces of dark chocolate on hand when I need them. Otherwise, I tend to get desperate. I might go to the store under the guise that we need milk for the Man-cub. Or I crash friends' houses, hoping they have a stash of chocolatey goodness. I am not ashamed to stoop to that level in search of chocolate.

Eating chocolate is even more fun when the candies come wrapped with cute sayings, like those Dove chocolates. Some of their sayings might have different meanings to parents, however:

"Do not look back and ask why, look forward and ask, why not?"

This is exactly how parents end up having more than one child.

"Think of something that makes you laugh."

Like the face my son made the first time he ate broccoli?

"Shut out the world for just a moment."

...and be prepared for the mess that shall surely await you.

"Share our similarities, celebrate our differences."

The kids may look like me, but logic is lost on them.

"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently."

This means if the time-out didn't work, then try taking away a toy next time.

"Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can."

Right! Hey, no pressure or anything. Growing, birthing and raising a human being just isn't enough these days.

"Take a deep breath."

...and you're bound to smell a diaper that needs to be changed.

"Let your mind wander and dream."

...and your child will stick a crayon up his nose when you're not looking.

"A family that laughs together stays together."

Because nobody else gets the joke.

"Happiness is contagious."

So when your kids aren't happy, it's time for a mom's night out.

"Forget the rules and follow your instinct."

Bingo!

"Give yourself a break -- you deserve it."

Now we're talking!

"Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness."

Love, thy name is chocolate!


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