"Good Moms..."

We've all seen this saying in one form or another on the book face or pintrest:

I get the well meaning behind it. I get the idea that obsessing over a clean house and taking your attention away from your kids will lead to unhappy kids. But I take offense to this quote. On several levels, in fact. 

The first of which is, can we please stop classifying some Moms as good and others as bad?! FOR THE LOVE. Can't we just agree that there are different kinds of Moms? Some are dirty, some are clean, some are chefs, and others serve take out every night. It just is. We are all doing the best we can with the hand that we are dealt. 

The second is, I like clean floors. I love a sparkly oven. And you know what? My kids are happy as clams thank you very much. Those things are NOT mutually exclusive. Save your damn breath. I am personally not happy until my floors aren't sticky and if Mama isn't (I refuse to even type the "word" ain't) happy then no one's going to be happy. My kids stand a better chance of being happy when I am happy and relaxed and that can't happen with a crusty oven. It's who I am, and according to all of my daily affirmations I am good and gosh darn it people like me. 

So please save it. Don't tell me my kids can't be happy if I have a clean house. And I won't tell you that your kids can't be happy living in filth. Deal?