Moms Gone Wild

For all you voyeurs, there is no accompanying photography with this article so if you want to drop off now, I’ll wait. OK, for those who’ve stayed, I was just sitting here thinking that I never remember my mom going out dancing when I was a kid. In fact, there were no girls nights out, no trips to get mani-pedi with her friends and no long weekend Yoga retreats. She was all about the “need to do” and her life revolved around her four kids. It’s funny to think that I’m exactly where she once was. Times have certainly changed. It makes me appreciate her everyday and twice on Sundays.

I just got back from two weeks of work meetings where I was with some of the brightest, most fun, most energetic women I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. We worked hard during the day, stealing away to call our kids, husbands or boyfriends during breaks and before dinner. We spent the evenings laughing, telling stories, and dancing up a storm. When I say dance, I’m not talking your garden variety office party where people are sipping drinks, still talking business while doing the side to side shuffle to bad music. I’m talking about a dance floor that could have been in any club in NYC. Dying to know which ladies danced all night? Oh yeah, it was the moms! Big ups to the mommy club gettin’ down! Suffice it to say there are photographs and probably even some video floating around. Bribes have been paid to keep these out of public consumption.

While I totally respect and admire the women in my mom’s generation, there’s something amazing about being a mom in a time when it’s OK to still have strong connections with friends and colleagues, to still do the things that you loved to do when you were you and not just mom. At the end of the day, we all still missed our kids. But, I’m sure if you asked any one of these moms, having the opportunity to have the best of both worlds helps us to strike that work-life balanced that keeps us happy, healthy and loving moms.