Did you catch this story today on Good Morning America…about cyber mom bullies?

OK, so I suppose part of blogging, tweeting and facebook is to share your opinions and thoughts on what you see going on in the world around you, but ugly personal attacks against people is just plain wrong.

Just because you cannot see the pain in their eyes, does not mean that your words did not put it there.

We all need to be mindful to use social media to inform and uplift, not criticize and tear down. May I suggest that’s what “delete” and “unfriend” are for – when you see “ugly” remove it from your field of vision. And I am not talking about appearances…but I’m guessing you realize that.

My mom gave me the best advice on this subject when I was very young, “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.”

A good motto for us all to live by as we let our fingers slide over the keyboard!

So, I am speaking as a mom, not as a political analyst – because…I am a mom, not a political analyst. And this post is not about politics, it’s about momness.

Reporters have been giving Sarah Palin a hard time because of the notes she wrote on her hand at a recent event where she was speaking.  Are you serious? Years ago I had a friend who was a nurse teach me that one. That’s the smartest trick in the book (or should I say “handbook” - har, har!)  for a multitasking mom!

At any one given moment an involved mom has more things on her mind as a multi-tasking mom than most reporters have on their mind for an entire day! And anyway, a reporter has that nifty little notebook they carry around to make notes on.  Not to mention their handheld electronic device that they use as a brain so they don’t have to remember every detail of their little reporter lives.

Well, as a mom I don’t have time to stop and get a piece of paper to write something on…epsecially since I’d just loose it, or use it to wipe a nose with or some such nonsense! And don’t even get me started on the fact that unlike a reporter who only has to keep up with his own litte life details, as a mom…I have to keep up with every member of my families life details. Do you know how much that is to remember?

Now granted I’m no Sarah Palin…but I’m guessing when that lady is on the road, about to make a speech, or about to be interviewed she still has the following things about her family running through her mind:

Did I get enough groceries for meals?
Do they remember practice is tonight?
I did tell him what time she has to be there, didn’t I?
Are there extra diapers in the closet?
She needs that dressed hemmed, who’s gonna do that?
Did that science project get completed?
Uh oh, registration for camp is due this week.
Oh no, she has to have her permission slip signed by the a.m.
etc…

So hey – all you pesky little reporters who are so easy to “trash talk” Sarah Palin…just remember there are an awful lot of us moms out here who do the same “dumb” things as she does because we live for more than ourselves…we live for our families. Trust me, that does not make us “less” of a person…it makes us “more” of one!

Back off and give a mom the benefit of the doubt for once – after all everyone knows being a mom is the hardest and most important job in the world! Yes, even more important than being a reporter!