When you find yourself locked in the bathroom, sobbing on the floor because you've just had enough, that does not mean you have failed as a mother.  Being a mother is hard.  That is not failure. That is fact.  Remind yourself of that.   Unknown Can I get a witness?  If you are a Mom you may have found yourself in a similar position at some point.  I know I have.  Usually I'm not curled up on the bathroom floor (I have issues with that) but usually I am curled up figuratively and I am sobbing at the most inopportune times.  Like in front of people, while driving, in the shower (the best place as far as I'm concerned), in the middle of a sentence, etc.  You get the picture and maybe you have your own inopportune time story. Sometimes the fear I get from parenting in today's world threatens to completely overtake me.  It's tough and I'm not sure I have the energy for it.  Scratch that.  I'm not sure I have the confid...

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame someone else.   John Borrough The evidence of a strong character is accepting and owning your failures, the consequences of them, and the lessons of them.  In every failure there is something to be learned and if you try to place the blame for your failures on others then you are missing out on important life experiences.  Own up and quit blame shifting!  It's so unattractive to shift blame to others.  Newsflash: If you think appearing perfect and without blame makes you appealing your thinking is faulty.  *We* all know you aren't perfect, make mistakes, and can't accept personal responsibility for your mistakes so *we* all don't find you so attractive after all.  However, if you would accept personal responsibility for your failures (which that is what mistakes are) then *we* might soften toward you.  You only fail when you blame...