Wednesday, April 30, 2014

To my fellow Mommies WITH LOVE

I need to be brutally honest with my fellow Mommies, lay it all out there!!! 

We choose to have home births (most of the time)
but if you choose to go a hospital to give birth;
I will STILL LOVE YOU!! 

We choose to delay and only give certain vaccinations, 
but if you choose to vaccinate your child;
I will STILL LOVE YOU! 

We choose to use both cloth & disposable diapers
no matter how you choose to diaper your child;
I will STILL LOVE YOU! 

We choose homopatheic medicines over a doctor,
But if you choose to take your children to a doctor;
I will STILL LOVE YOU! 

We will most likely homeschool our children in the future, 
But if you choose traditional schooling for your children; 
 will STILL LOVE YOU! 

We choose to attempt breastfeeding as long as possible,
But if you choose to formula feed your babies;
I will STILL LOVE YOU! 

We choose to not always eat organic foods,
But if you choose to eat organic;
 will STILL LOVE YOU! 

We choose to keep our children rear-facing in the car until they 2,
But if you choose to turn your children around sooner;
 will STILL LOVE YOU! 
  

As Mommies we are faced with so many choices and decisions we have to make, let's be honest it's hard!! It is hard to always know what we should or should not be doing for our children! It's hard enough to educate ourselves and make informed decisions without the judgement from other Mommas!! Let's all do ourselves a favor and truly LOVE one another even if we aren't doing things exactly the same! We are all Mommas with the same goal - to love our children and raise them well! I would be happy to share information on anything that we are doing, IF you wanted to know, but at the end of the day it's your children and your choice and I promise I will not judge any of your mothering decisions!!! This world has enough bad stuff in it, let's choose to overflow with love for other Mommies, instead of judgement!! 



1 comment:

  1. Well said Emily!! So glad to see someone lifting all the guilt and condemnation off the friendships between women! As women we should be able to hold true to our convictions and still respond in a loving Christ-centered way to others who hold different convictions. Scripture tells us all our interactions with one another should be gentle. I appreciate your gentleness.

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