As many of you know I turned 40 two weeks ago. I was very excited to reach this milestone. For me 40 means the beginning of my true adulthood. Yes, I have technically been an adult for two decades now, but that was just a fact gathering phase. Now I’m ready to put all that I have learned through trial, error and exploration, to good use. I’m ready to be BETTER. A better mother, a better friend, a better daughter, BETTER. And I’m going to be a BetterME by utilizing the BetterU program.The American Heart Associations’ Go Red For Women BetterU Program to be precise.

This past year was quite an eye opener for me. After a few major things happened in my personal life I had a rude awakening, I was not the great mother that I had assumed myself to be. I thought that by making the sacrifices I was making with my time and my energy, being available to my children at every waking moment possible, attending to their needs in the immediate to the best of my ability, and sometimes to my own detriment, qualified me for a nomination for “Mother of the Year” quite frankly. But NOOOOO. What I realized was that if I am going to be a good mother, truly a good mother, than it is just as important for me to do for myself as it is for me to do for my children. Why? Because they are listening, watching and learning from my example, (whether they like it or not!). The way I live, the choices that I make in regards to myself, my happiness and most especially my health, is imprinting on them. So, I had to ask myself, “Self, is this the way you want your children to act when they grow up and become parents? Do you want them to ignore their health and happiness because they think that is the only way to parent successfully?” Goodness me, NO! Well then, be BETTER!

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