Tiara Time

While this blog has nothing really to do with domestic or dating violence, I thought this could be of interest to all the mothers out there.

The Mrs. Colorado Pageant Director (Emily Stark) emailed the pageant contestants a newsletter that contained some information on a book she had picked up at the library. One of the chapters was entitled "Tiara Time". The book described tiara time as 'a time of day that was all her own, a time when the children were required to participate in silent, independent study and not allowed to bother her at all.'

Do you have a "Tiara Time"? Do you set aside time in your busy day just for you? What is it that you enjoy doing alone? Reading? Taking a bubble bath? Going for a walk?

As mothers, we all feel that need to stay busy with work, being a wife/girlfriend, being a mother and so forth. We often times forget to take time for ourselves. In counseling we are required to do something called self-care to prevent burnout. The same is true for mothers. I encourage you to set aside a time during the day, whether it is 10 minutes or an hour, that is just for you and no one is to bother you.

My tiara time is soaking in a nice bath and enjoying a book or magazine (there is a basket of Cosmo's and Psychology Today magazines next to the tub...LOL).