If it weren't for other busy moms, would any of us know anything?  Or is it possible that despite all of the busyness we find room to help those that are close to us as a pay-it-forward debt.  

Last night my husband & I  bought a new computer to help with the various projects that I am involved in.  Then I rushed off to a prearranged meeting with a friend to learn the great art of blogging.  As we hurried home to drop off everything I was barraged by questions from the back seat about why I needed to learn about the computer- didn't I already know it all?  (Another blog to come on why our children think we are the smartest and possibly the most ignorant people they know, at about the same time)

No I admitted, I need to learn a lot.  And speaking of learning, it's a life long adventure.  You're never too old to learn something.  And there is always someone from whom you can learn.  Everyone has something that they are really good at and can teach you a thing or two.  But the people I learn the most from are other moms.  

I learn skills- computer, baking great bread, patience with my children, a new way to handle the eternal(?) battle of getting the children to see the better side of chores and education.

I learn about myself- what is really important to me compared to what keeps being thrust upon me as "important", how I have grown and am no longer the woman I once thought I was; which is not to say that that woman was wrong or bad just different. And that is possibly the greatest thing I have learned "self-acceptance."  Not that I accept that I am the best I will ever be but that who I am now is acceptable.  There is room for growth, room for development in character. 

But to live in the present and accept oneself and be content is a huge blessing. So thanks to the other moms- be they sisters or friends- that have taught me that is OK to be me.