Finding just the right "mom" purse has been a challenge for me for years. Some were too small, some too big, but none were just the right size. I kind of sound a lot like Goldilocks!! Guys are lucky, they can just carry around their wallets in their back pockets. When you're a new mom pretty much everything goes into the diaper bag. As your kids get a little older, they don't require so many items, but do require snacks, etc. So, you can get away with them carrying a small backpack for their stuff, but there again you still need a purse. When they get even older they still require things, "hey mom, got a tissue in your purse?", or "how about something to eat?" Given that my kids are now 15 and 7, I can't really carry around a diaper bag anymore and the only time my kids cart around backpacks on a regular basis are for school. So, I went on the hunt for a purse, still not knowing what exact size would be right. I have to mention also, that I wasn't going to pay an arm and leg. If any of you have looked for a purse lately, a halfway nice one is at least $20.00 or more. I am pretty hard on my purses, some have completely ripped at the stitching because I try to shove too much into them. I lost track of how many stores I went looking for that "just right" purse. Some were so darn small, I couldn't even fit my wallet in it. Those little purses are kind of cute though. I decided I would go the route of a larger purse. I am happy to report that I did find one that originally was $70.00, but I got it for $7.00 (anybody that knows me well, knows I almost always use coupons), but I'm beginning to think that my purse might be a little too big. The other day my daughter gave me her cell phone to hang on to. She has recently started carrying a purse in the past year or so, so most of the time she can carry her own stuff. I guess this particular circumstance she didn't have it, so I tossed it into my purse. When she wanted it back I couldn't find it! After quite a bit of searching we found it, thank goodness. If any of you out there have a teen with their own cell phone, you know that not being able to find your phone is a major crisis! On any given day in my purse you can find quite a potpourri of things, the other day my daughter pulled out a diaper. She was like, "what's this doing in here?" I wish I could say my little guy was trained in that department, but until he is, I like to be prepared. I also keep an emergency granola bar or some other transportable food. I also have carted a bottled water or two in there. We moms have to be prepared for anything! The next time you clean out your purse (which I try to do every few weeks) take inventory and see what you'll find. You're liable to find something you forgot was in there!
When Dominic was diagnosed with Autism at 2 1/2, I went to our local library and took out every book I could find about Autism. Sometimes I would bring back 20 books. This was 2006, so a lot of the information was very "dated." I guess I was looking for a book that would tell me what I should do next, like a "manual." Autism doesn't quite work that way! The saying is, " if you know one person with Autism, you know one person with Autism." Every mom to an individual with Autism follows their own "path." I think as moms, we judge ourselves much harder than anyone else does. I was 41 when I had Dominic. Did he get the diagnosis of Autism because I was an older mom? because I drank a lot of pop? I could sit and think about that every minute of every day. I am pretty integrated into the Autism community around Lansing and have told more than one person that it took me about two weeks to come to terms with Dominic's diagnosis. It is so incredib...
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