Planet Mom

Once a woman sees that first positive sign in a pregnancy test and then nine months later a sweet baby is placed in her arms for the first time, she has immediately landed on a foreign planet ... a place called Planet Mom. It is a whole new and different world. A world to be explored and investigated yet it seems to swallow us whole. Almost as if it is a blackhole giving that woman a one way ticket. It isn't a bad thing unless it so consumes you to where you loose all sense of identity.

It isn't hard for a woman to distinguish between being a woman and a sister and/or daughter. Yet it begins to blur once you become married. You become a Mrs... Someones wife ... even though God designed marriage for you to become one, you tend to focus on the man you married and the dreams that you have as a couple or supporting your husband and his dreams, forgetting the woman that also once had dreams and goals.

Then once you think that you have mastered Planet Wife then you get propelled to that third planet...Planet Mom. A planet where life becomes almost chaotic at times. Juggling sleepless nights, diapers and potty training, meals, taxi service, laundry, cleaning, and still caring for and supporting the man that you married.

I am not saying that this is any way a bad life. In fact, it is very rewarding. I love seeing my husband happy and content, knowing that he is well cared for. That his laundry will always be done and his children are happy and healthy. They show their love for him by bombarding him at the door saying "PAPA'S HOME! I love you, Papa!!!!" I can see how he loved he feels as he scoops them up and loves on them.

My only thing is that I feel like I am stuck on Planet Mom and can see Planet Woman and Planet Wife in the distance. I am wondering how to combine them all three into one Planet. Planet Mom is important right now because my children are still very young and need my guidance on a daily basis. Planet Wife is very important. Without hubby, I would be nothing. He is my rock, my support, my confidante and my best friend. But Planet Woman hasn't even been visited in a very long time. I am not sure if any vegetation even grows there anymore. I am thinking it is very dry and dusty. I even think that the airline that once flew there has long since canceled its services to that location. How do I reach it? Are there any dreams still alive there? Are they dead or just dormant?

Anyone know of a way to combine Planet Mom, Planet Wife and Planet Woman? It takes all three to keep a good balance!!! Without one is like a trying to keep a three-legged stool from falling over. Whether or not you remain on Planet Woman, never taking the journey to Planet Wife or even Planet Mom. It is still a balancing act. Making sure that your Planet(s) revolves on an even keel.

Good luck to you ... And I am going to find an airline that will allow me to take a short expedition to Planet Woman and see if there is any life to the dreams that once resided there.