02/29/2024
I remember the exact moment when I realized that I was drowning in life…
Kiddo 1 was working on his math homework at the kitchen table, kiddo 2 was at the desk looking for pictures for a research report, and I was running between the two of them while trying to clean up the dishes from dinner.
Then I heard a scream from down the hall where the two littles had been playing in the bathtub until I could make my way to wash them up. “Mom! ‘Brother’ pooped in the tub!!”
“Oh fu***ng my god! I can’t do it all!!” I took off running down the hall and implemented the water rescue of two horrified children from the floating t**d.
Hard truth…You can’t do it all.
The more you try to take on all the things, the lower you fall on the totem pole.
You start to feel unappreciated. You feel like you aren’t enough. You start feeling resentful.
I get it. I was that woman that was trying so damn hard to keep up with my family, and measure up to all the other women around me. When all my family needed was for me to be me. I was enough.
If you don’t make yourself a priority, no one will.
Mama, put yourself in a time out every day. Take 15 minutes and sit in the sun. Take a candlelit shower. Sneak that piece of chocolate when the kids aren’t looking.
Implement little bits of self-love every day I promise that your self-worth will grow, and you’ll feel more and more empowered to set boundaries in your life.
And remember, YOU ARE ENOUGH.
