I sighed as I recently looked through the many websites that sell the windshield people stickers that are on the back of almost every minivan in the Triangle area. After months of begging, I had finally given into my kids and had agreed to adorn the back of the van with the stickers. I realized that since my minivan was already full of car seats, backpacks and goldfish crackers, putting the stickers on my back windshield really wasn’t going to diminish my non-existent "cool" factor very much.

The rest of the family had an easy time picking stickers for themselves. My daughter immediately fell in love with the princess girl while my son and husband went straight for the golfing people stickers. We were even able to find stickers that were the same breeds as our three dogs. But I just couldn’t find a sticker that I felt said "This is Jennifer."

I searched many websites looking for Writer Mom, but never found one that summed up my passion for writing. Laurel said that I should get Shopping Mom since I spent so much time at Target, but shopping is something I do so that my family doesn’t starve not as a hobby. Although many days, Vacuum Mom or Mop Mom definitely sums up my life that isn’t really the image I want to project as I drive down Capital Blvd. And I don’t think that the one fated yoga class that left me in tears qualifies me to put a Yoga Mom on the back of my car. I almost ordered Gardening Mom several times because I like the basket of flowers that she carries, but I always had a nagging doubt each time I went to buy it.

I finally decided that simplicity Mom with Ponytail represented me best. Each day I play so many roles and this simple image seemed to say it the best. Although at the last minute I was tempted to buy Referee Mom, I smiled as hit the Order button.