Mom's Night Out

  I often wonder if I am the only mom on the planet who  sometimes feels like she never does anything right....even though she spent years dreaming about and planning for the day she would become a mother.
  The visions of spotless house, home-cooked meals, and family game night with children who always get along with each other quickly got lost in the reality of too many toys, chapstick shoved in the DVD player, permanent marker "art" on the brand new kitchen cabinets, last minute pizza orders, the challenge of getting everyone in the same room at the same time let alone gathered around the table playing Pictionary, and then breaking up the squabbles because one of them called another one a "loser", "baby", or "dork".
  Tonight we watched the movie "Mom's Night Out". I had seen the previews and was sold as soon as I saw Patricia Heaton's character get tased. I had to know the rest of the story..... Within the first few minutes of the movie, I identified with the main character. She was a mom to 3 rowdy children and was trying to come to terms with the overwhelming chaos her life had become. She invites her BFF and her pastor's wife for a night out that becomes a complete disaster leading up to the pastor's wife getting hit with the taser.  In the midst of the mess this "stress paralyzed" mama hears from an unlikely source how she is right where God wants her to be doing exactly what He has called her too.
  If you are a mom, a dad, or a kid you will find someone to identify with in this movie. I highly recommend watching it.....especially you mamas who exhaust yourselves....... not by running after your kids, but by beating yourselves up over your perceived shortcomings.