You wanna see “Mom Rage” at a whole new level? Just watch your neighborhoods around the 4th of July, wait for the rage to ensue. You see, Moms put a lot of time and effort into bedtime each night. We have perfected the amount of bedtime stories to be read, the number of sips of water the kids *really* need, the amount of time needed to rub your child’s back and hair until they are satisfied and can finally drift off to dreamland.
Sure-it’s a routine that takes, on average, 30 minutes minimum. When we finally close those bedroom doors and tiptoe downstairs to have a much-needed quiet moment (a glass of wine, a tv show, mindless scrolling on our phones, or even just going to the bathroom without an audience), we do not appreciate that moment being taken from us by your need to fire off as many fireworks as you can find. Sure-we are all about celebrating America, but can we make a petition to make that celebration strictly in public places, not quiet neighborhoods?
I look forward to that one quiet moment of sanity at the end of the day; I need it. When I spend that 30-45 minutes putting my kids to bed and close their doors, I am giddy with excitement that I can actually do something by myself-without three little shadows. There is nothing that makes me rage more than putting my kids to bed only to have them woken up fifteen minutes later by the neighborhood fireworks brigade. And you can bet that any mom in a neighborhood where fireworks are going off will immediately be on their neighborhood HOA Facebook page asking who in their right mind is setting off fireworks. Don’t you know that there are kids sleeping?!
So to those that live in a neighborhood, please, I’m begging you, for the sake of all the moms in your neighborhood, think twice before you fire off those fireworks. If you’re planning on celebrating America this weekend, please do so from a public place. Allow your fellow neighborhood moms that little bit of sanity in their day; it is so essential. Happy 4th!
