My daughter was the only one without goggles.
It was the first day of swim lessons, and, out of the group of children, she was the only one missing this essential piece of gear. We actually own goggles, but we hadn’t been able to find them before we left. My thoughts spiraled.
“I should have been better prepared.”
“I should have started looking sooner.”
“I should have stopped and bought new ones on the way here.”
“I wonder if anyone else notices we’re the only ones without goggles.”
“I wonder if the teacher is annoyed with me.”
Then I started berating myself even beyond the problem of having no goggles.
“I should teach my daughter more responsibility with her belongings.”
“Our house is always messy. It’s no wonder we can’t find them. I just can’t keep up.”
I’ll stop there. I trust you get the gist. As I was sharing what happened with another mom later that day, I summed it up simply: “We couldn’t find her goggles. And I had mom guilt.”
Mom guilt. Moms today are well acquainted with the term. We use it as a kind of shorthand to express an all-too-common feeling we face in the everyday events of mothering.
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