Encouragement
51 Things I Won’t Feel Guilty About

I won’t feel guilty for…  

1. Not cooking enough
2. Not wearing makeup
3. Forgetting someone’s birthday
4. Forgetting to schedule doctor appointments
5. Forgetting a child’s practice, game, or homework
6. Getting a late charge on a bill
7. Getting my kids to school late
8. Not scrapbooking
9. Not making my bed
10. Leaving dishes in the sink
11. Having a messy house
12. Obsessing about cleaning
13. Not sending a thank you note
14. Not going to every birthday party
15. Not ironing
16. Saying no in order to create down time
17. Leaving housework undone to spend time with my kids 
18. Not looking like a super model
19. Not sending Christmas cards
20. Not being all things to all people
21. Not being able to afford extras for my kids
22. Working full time
23. Having to put my kids in daycare
24. Occasionally using the TV as a babysitter
25. Occasionally using the computer as a babysitter
26. Not volunteering enough
27. Eating sweets
28. Not having a perfectly quiet, quiet time
29. Running out of milk, bread, or whatever
30. Mistakes in my past
31. PMS
32. Eating fast food 
33. Feeding my kids fast food
34. Being a single mom
35. Turning off the phone
36. Ignoring the door bell
37. Having a headache
38. Not keeping up with the laundry
39. Occasionally doing nothing
40. Looking like a mom
41. Accidentally saying the wrong thing
42. Disciplining my child
43. Not being able to give my children everything they want or need
44. Gray roots and unmanicured nails
45. Checking up on my teens (it’s not spying – it’s protecting)
46. Enforcing rules
47. Being the “only mom” that makes her kids _____
48. Making my kids do chores
49. Expecting my children to have good manners
50. Turning off the TV
51. Making my kids go to church

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