Channeling Rosanne

I took a quiz on Facebook a while back pertaining to which TV husband
would be best for me. Dan Connor was my ideal mate. I wasn't
surprised by that because my husband is a lot like Dan and I like to
think that I'm a lot like Rosanne. I only have two kids and while the boy isn't really anything like DJ, my daughter is the perfect combination of Becky and Darlene. She plays baseball wearing a tutu and a tiara.

I love Rosanne Barr (or whatever her last name is now). I don't
always agree with her opinions but I like that she has the guts to
express them. Damn the haters! I like that she spent 9 years making America look in the mirror. I watched her show throughout it's run
and I still watch reruns whenever I can. I like the way she mothers
her kids. It's not politically correct and the kids didn't always do
what Roseanne wanted them to do but no matter what, she loved those kids and they knew it. That's the kind of mom I want to be, the kind of mom I strive to be everyday.

While watching her on Oprah yesterday, I realized that Rosanne playing Rosanne Connor was not an act. The woman she played on TV is a lot like who she is in real life. I don't think we'd ever see Rosanne and Dan running a macadamia nut farm or raising goats but she is the person we watched all those years. She's funny, loving, nurturing, and calm in the face of adversity. She does yell and scream but it's all done with love and some humor. She encourages her children (and now grandchildren) to be who they are, no compromises. She admits when she's wrong and tries to make it right but does not back down from what she believes in.

So from now on when I’m trying to cook dinner, do laundry, keep the house clean and the kids are driving me crazy, I'm going to grab some cookies, lock myself in the bathroom for a few minutes and ask myself "What would Rosanne do?"