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Every May, I get a little sentimental about motherhood since both of my girls have birthdays this month. Those milestones are just a week apart and are also adjacent to Mother’s Day, which always seems so fitting to me. And this year I am finding myself thinking about some of the ways I am finding motherhood to be easier now.
And what I might have done differently if it had been possible to have the perspective I have now, over a decade in.
Clearly we can’t go back in time, but I also know that many of you are in different life stages and have younger kids. And so, this week, I am sharing three things I TOTALLY would have done differently had I known better…or known differently.
The first one? To actually say no.
Like as a full sentence and with regularity, without so much tiptoeing around other people’s feelings or expectations of me—as a personal statement about just how much my needs matter, too.
I am both proud and a little nervous to say more about this but here goes…
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My all time favourite read from this Community. The raw truths of motherhood and life….Learning day by day how to care for ourselves as we maneuver our way out of survival mode and into LIVING. Reminding ourselves that we are only human and doing what we can, when we can.
Yes, agree! And thank you for reading and responding!
Yes to all of this! Thank you so much for sharing your journey. This is a great reminder that taking care of our selves is necessary too.
So glad to share it and thank you for taking the time to respond!