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This post was written for me by Betsy Henry at Zen Mama.com, a follow mom blogger. I just had to share it with all of my moms in case you have every felt like you had lost any part of you when you took on the responsibility of motherhood.  I can’t thank Betsy enough for her wisdom and her caring spirit. This is why I love my life.  Everyday one of you moms reaches out to another mom. I love the spirit of sisterhood we all share.

I read this in a social networking site called TwitterMoms today.  A blogger wrote:

“I lost track of me when I became a mom.”

I think all of us moms feel this way.  When you stay home with the kids you become:

Primary Caregiver

Housekeeper

Laundress

Cook

Chauffeur

And many of us work jobs outside the house as well.  For those of us who are married, we give much time to our husbands.  For those of us who are not, our life seems even more difficult with sharing the burden. And with each additional child, a little more of us seems to go.

Whoa, where is the optimist, the positive thinking Zen Mama??  I’m still here.  However, I often felt this way before I began to practice my Zen Mama principles.  So how did I change?  In comes my favorite saying:

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” (more…)