Golden Mama- September 25, 2012

You all know I freakin’ love the Olympics. I mean Greyson and I geek out over the games. We love them so much we may or may not have made a baby during the Opening Ceremonies of the Vancouver Winter Games. (Bow chicka bow wow!) Every two years I’m all like, “Aaaahhh! Team USA! I-must-watch-every-event-even-archery-and-curling!!!!!”

Some news I heard today made me even more proud of one of our Olympians. Kerri Walsh Jennings was pregnant when she and Misty May-Treanor won their third consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball. What!? How amazing is that?! She didn’t even know.

The London games marked the first time the US had more women athletes then men. 50, even 20 years ago this would have been unheard of. Now we have a pregnant mother of two winning gold medals. Just a couple of years ago, Natalie Portman accepted her Academy Award when she was pregnant. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Washington) had both of her children as a sitting member of Congress.

I know our politicians are fighting a lot of battles right now for women’s healthcare and the US falls behind other nations in maternity leave time. But, I have to believe more instances of working mothers making achievements like this will help.

So Kerri, congratulations on not just three gold medals, but three children. You are an inspiration for all American mothers. Thank you.