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#50shadesofinstafacetweetsnapcrapgetoffyour phoneandtakecareofyourkids!

Dear Mommas,

I love you. I do. We are all in this together. I recognize that we all need an outlet to unwind and restore our souls. We do. And with that being said, may I suggest something? Find a good time to unwind and do something constructive and uplifting for your souls.

Lunch time, nap time, pick-up time, date night time, church time...none of those are good times. If Facebook or SnapChat are your happy place, go there! But for goodness sake don't do it while Johnny needs a nap and is on the verge of a hangry meltdown and stuck in a cart at Target. I believe these beautiful gifts of technology are being misused. I believe that we can connect and learn and read and grow like no other time in history thanks to Instagram and Facebook etc.

And I also believe that we are at an all time disconnect within our own homes and with our families at times. Our lives are right in front of us. Right in our laps or in our beds or at our dinner tables. Will you join me and connect with them? Will you focus so strongly on those precious faces smeared with peanut butter and that woman who is also shopping at Target that is in need of some help? Do you even notice her anymore? Are you too distracted by the dings and bings your phone is blowing up with to see the momma next to you? Does she need help watching the newborn in the cart because the 2 year old is running around like a child who was just given a Mountain Dew and chocolate? Does the elderly woman need help loading her groceries into her car? Does your own child need to tell you that the awesome teddy bear in that bin looks SO fuzzy and she needs to touch it?! Let's listen. Let's watch. Let's connect.

Let's do life. Let's do life in person and with those beautiful people who surround us. Let's reconnect with one another. Let's not compare nor judge. Let's take a deep breath and keep moving. Let's save our social media and allow it to remain a gift to share and learn and unwind with, when the time is right. Let's dig that teddy bear out of the bin and feel how fuzzy and fabulous it is instead of nodding and saying "uh-huh" pretending to hear your child. Let's kiss our own husbands and welcome them home once they walk in the door, instead of looking at someone else's on Facebook.

And while we are talking about husbands, can I also make another suggestion? I have never seen 50 shades of anything, but if you have and you go home and compare your husband to some Mr.Grey who is a fictional character, your are setting your spouse up for failure. Let's get real with one another. It's a movie. It's pretend. The man next to you is real. And if you desire something so different or exciting or exotic as seen in some movie, maybe try telling him?! This other gift of real life is called communication. And when done correctly, can open up a whole new world. I love you mommas. That is all!

xoxo,

Mollie