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I realized while listening to it recently (okay, more singing and dancing to it than listening to it) that the joyful feeling the song conveys is quite similar to the joyful feeling I have when both kids are finally in bed for the night and my husband and I are free to spend some alone time together (i.e., play on our laptops while in the same room and watch Netflix).
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Read MoreAs a basic mom, I spend a lot of my time feeling decidedly not-fancy. In fact, I spend a good deal of time feeling borderline disgusting. There are Friday nights when I realize I haven’t had the opportunity to shower since Tuesday. I regularly wear jeans that I pretend do not have a mixture of kid snot and yogurt caked on them. Too many nights, I find that I've eaten half a bag of Doritos after my kids are in bed because it just feels so darn good to eat without little hands and voices trying to pull me away from my food.
Read MoreValerie Jackson is a basic mom, a tolerable wife, and a self-deprecating writer. She is attempting to raise two young monsters into nice young ladies in Michigan. She has a law degree that’s only current use is to win arguments with her husband.
