my mom boots & my mom concussion

let me introduce you 

to my "mom boots."

they aren't quite 

in the same category 

as "mom jeans",

but bear with me.

***

i got them thirteen (13) years ago,

while in ireland, 

on vacation with wes.

we were just a little over a year into our marriage,

visiting friends,

and adventuring through 

england, scotland and ireland.

it was on this trip,

where we found out we were 

going to be parents. 

***

we thought my nausea

was because of jet lag and navigating windy roads,

but nope!

we are also so glad that all our time in the pubs 

and lots of pints of guinness 

didn't have an impact on our baby girl!

it was a memorable trip!

***

i bought these boots in dublin,

 on the last leg of our trip,

and when the baby news made every thing so special.

i loved them so much,

and remember thinking

how they would bring some

flare to my new mom style.

they could be my

"mom boots."

***

 it wasn't too long after that though,

and for many years following,

that i could't wear them.

my swollen,

preggo,

post preggo,

changed feet barely fit into my mom boots!

***

i held onto them though.

the've broken in beautifully,

and 

i love how they give 

this vertically challenged girl,

who can't do heels,

a few extra inches.

***

lately i've been wearing my "mom boots" more and more,

simply because they keep me eye to eye with ella,

the child who now towers over me, 

thirteen years after the day i bought my "mom boots".

they make me feel less like 

the "little mummy,"

she so lovingly calls me.

***

let's flash forward to a couple weeks ago.

to a completely ordinary, 

every day parenting moment...

***

i was loading up the car, 

and needed to help my youngest daughter 

get into her booster seat.

it was snowing,

so my head was down.

i was hustling,

because that's what moms do.

i went around the back corner of the car,

and slammed my head into the raised hatch of my volvo.

can you almost see it?

resulting in a serious 

"mom concussion."

head hurt,

ouch.

***

can you guess what 

i was wearing?

yup,

my "mom boots."

it was those extra inches,

 that often make me feel like i'm on the top of my game,

that caused me to whack my head so severely,

taking me out of the game.

heart hurt,

ouch.

***

#momboots

#momconcussion

#ouch.