It’s alright to not want to share the last 4 cookies.

It’s alright to not want to share your ice cold coke that has been sitting in the refrigerator waiting for you all day.

I’ll admit it. I hide from my kids.

The days are rough when nobody naps.

I’ll admit it. I count down the time until bedtime.

It’s okay to admit you hide from your kids. It doesn’t mean you love them any less. It means you spend so much time with them that you need a break.

I kick my snoring husband all night long. I’ll admit the sound drives me crazy, but I can’t sleep with out it now after 5 years – it’s suddenly too quiet on the nights I go to bed first.

When my mom calls she leaves 5+ minute long voice mails. I never listen to them, I just call her back.

One day I will miss his snore. One day I will miss my moms long voice mails. One day I will miss the soggy cookie backwash in my ice cold coke.

But right now it’s okay to be selfish sometimes. As moms we give everything we have for our kids.

I traded my social life for getting excited to go to WALMART!

I traded in my convertible for a mini van.

I gave up my tv shows for Mickey Mouse.

I traded the body I thought was fat, for a body I WISH I HAD when I thought I was fat!!

I gave up my Friday nights out for Friday nights in with Frozen on repeat for the 254th time.

I traded candle lit, bubble baths for taking a bath filled with toys. — and getting interrupted by a toddler wanting to join.. and the only bath bomb I get in my tub is my 1 year olds poop.

So I say go hide. Take your sanity back for just a moment. Enjoy those cookies.. but don’t crunch too loud.. they’ll come running.