Comments on: Kristi Yamaguchi Inspires Me to Be a Better Mom

By: Aura

Aura — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:22:22 +0000

what an unbelievable lesson, thank you so much for sharing. I try teaching my children not to dwell on the past but prevent mistakes in the future, maybe I should do that myself first

By: Annie

Annie — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:00:14 +0000

oh wow, I am so glad you brought this post to my attention Tesa, I really needed to read it. Today and yesterday were both “one of those days.” Cat pee on the carpet that smells up the whole house, paint on the couch, cookies for breakfast, milk all over the floor……things just won’t go right!

But you shrug, keep moving forward and get better! Thank you, this was a very encouraging post.

By: tanya

tanya — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:50:10 +0000

So interesting. Thanks for sharing the story.
I have had days when I felt I didn’t feel like I parented well but there is always the next day to improve. I try not to beat myself up and just move on. It’s less stressful and I am calmer for it.

By: JUDY

JUDY — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:36:02 +0000

It is really difficult to not dwell on what we did wrong. Don’t you think that was some of your problem when you played volleyball? That is why you found it so stressful.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:47:16 +0000

Love it! I find myself doing a lot of shrugging (like when my son runs directly into the table at our music class and all of the other mothers cringe…shrug). You can’t dwell…we’d all be crazy if we did that! So, while Scott freaks me out a little bit (don’t know why), I’ll think of Kristi the next time I screw up!!!

By: stephanie

stephanie — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:43:25 +0000

wow great read…really made me think!

By: Bibi

Bibi — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:18:24 +0000

I enjoyed your post. I used to be like that, but then I realized I will never be a perfect mom and I need to cut myself some slack. I am “perfect mom” in my kids eyes when they’re not mad at me for something silly and that’s good enough for me.

By: veronica lee

veronica lee — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:46:28 +0000

I feel the same way, Tesa. Thank you so much for sharing this.

By: Helene

Helene — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:02:54 +0000

Tesa, this is such an awesome post!! And such a good reminder. I struggle with the same thing…yelling at the kids when I could’ve tried to be more patient, laughing with them when they did something silly instead of getting upset because they were fooling around. I lay in bed at night too wishing I could’ve done it differently.

Kristi’s message is a good one! No sense in struggling with things we can’t change. Funny thing is that our kids are very resilient and they probably won’t remember half of the things we feel badly about. They will grow up knowing they were loved and that we are people who make mistakes too.

By: Unknown Mami

Unknown Mami — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:09:43 +0000

I learned this lesson before becoming a mother. I learned from athletes as well. It is a lesson we should all remember.