09/11/2025
I know mom guilt is common…
But the trend “how can I explain to my oldest that I wish she was a newborn again, because I’m not so young anymore… I know I could do better”…..
It really hits me differently.
She has no idea how hard it is to look back on our lives together and see all of the struggle we went through to get here.
She has no idea how much I’ve changed my mindset in the last 8-9 years.
I was 23…..
I had established a career…
She has a wonderful dad…
But looking back I still wasn’t ready.
Truth is you never really are. But she doesn’t see all of the struggle. Thank God she only sees now. She sees love. She sees hard work. She sees grace. She sees reality as it is.
My babies are my world and every day isn’t easy- but every day we embrace life for what it is- we find the good, we learn together, we love hard.
Clinging to that, and hugging her a little extra is the mom guilt cure. They all saved me in a different way and I love to watch them grow 🥹
