Mom Life-
Let's face it being a human is tough already. Throw in everything else and you have one giant clown show. Getting caught up in the rat race of life, 9 to 5 jobs, emotions, burn out, how to be a good communicator, how to be a good mom, how to be a good wife, how to be a good daughter, how to be a good sibling, how to be a good best friend, it's all there. The Mom part over powers everything, of course, but just every little thing can affect ones mood. Mom life to me matters most. But in order for you to be a good mom you have to be good at everything else too, and to top that off you have to be good to yourself first! That. That is hard. Because I am the hardest on myself. One little slip and I feel like a failure.
I started out my mom life as a part-time worker, and a student. I had to make some very tough decisions. But believe me when I say, everything evolves around your kids. Don't think for one second I didn't choose the easiest shift I could that would coincide with my kids' schedule. Because you have to. There's no way around it. Daycare is a gazillion dollars now and I didn't trust just any individual to keep my kiddos. I had a couple friends who helped out as they could but you can't rely on that. I needed stability, so did my kids.
As a parent you deserve to have that peace of mind. Of course, once my kiddos got a little older it worked out better. The part that hasn't always stuck, the self-love part. I guess at the time I thought well I'm single no one loves me that way maybe I don't deserve it. But YES I DO. And I DID then too. I know that now. Now that I've been thru that these are lessons I get to teach my girls. And I'm not ready. But here I am. Still having to do the thing. Moral of the story is, be easy on yourself. You're doing the best you can with what you got. We never really have a full peace of mind but we make it almost to the edge. The parenting job is never done. But we keep on keepin' on. Don't we.
Have a blessed day!
