The Trying Mama

The Trying Mama Trying mama

08/29/2025

Car seat safety is not a parenting choice
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08/25/2025

Yes, I make a big deal about back to school.
I decorate. I take all the pictures. I record the videos. I celebrate it like it’s a holiday.

Because it is a big deal.

Each grade they step into is a year closer to not needing me the same way.
A year closer to them chasing the world instead of my arms.

Time is a thief…stealing baby voices, trading them in for deeper tones.
It’s stretching their legs, making them taller, making me wonder when they got so grown.
Clothes that fit last week are suddenly too small. Shoes are worn out in months.
They’re changing faster than I can catch my breath.

So yes, I make it a moment.
Because they’re not the same little one they were last year.
They’re learning more, growing more, exploring more.
And I refuse to let these milestones pass quietly.

I’ll decorate. I’ll take all the photos. I’ll make all the noise.
Because one day, these “silly little things” will be the memories we hold onto when the school days are over.

And I want my kids to always remember…
Mama was there, celebrating every season of them becoming who they are meant to be. ❤️

08/20/2025

One day they won’t need me to tuck them in, hold their hand, or be their safe place. But today they do. And I’m not missing it for the world.

08/20/2025

reminder 🗣️

08/20/2025

I really fell in love with my best friend and we built a whole family together 🥹🫶

08/18/2025

Stop calling moms “overreactive.”

I’m not dramatic because I don’t want my kid around toxic people.
I’m not crazy because I set boundaries.
I’m not “too much” because I expect respect for my child.

That’s not overreacting. That’s parenting.

If you think protecting my child is extreme, that says more about you than it does about me.

So save the labels. Save the eye rolls. I’m not here to make you comfortable. I’m here to keep my kids safe.

And if that makes me “overreactive”—then I’ll wear it proudly.

08/18/2025

You don’t have to like me, but you will respect me—because I’m their mother. And if you can’t, you won’t be around my kids. Period.

08/18/2025

If you’re a grandparent who plays favorites, you’re not sweet, you’re not loving—you’re a sh*tty grandparent.

Kids know. They know who you spoil, who you brag about, who you show up for—and they know who you leave out.

You don’t have to say a word. Your actions scream it. And they’ll never forget how you made them feel invisible.

So stop pretending you’re the “good grandparent.” You’re not. You’re just sh*tty.

08/17/2025

Stop acting like you’re “being kept away.”
You’ve had every chance to pick up the phone, every chance to knock on the door, every chance to give a damn.

You didn’t.

So don’t play the victim now. You’re absent by choice.

08/17/2025

The part no one claps for:
The constant mental checklist.
Knowing when the toothpaste is running low.
Knowing who likes their sandwich cut in triangles.
Knowing which sock drawer is empty.
Remembering the school form, the doctor’s appointment, the teacher’s name.
Holding it all in your head while also holding everyone else together.

Motherhood is love, yes. But it’s also labor that no one sees. And that’s why moms are exhausted—because our work isn’t just physical, it’s mental.
We are the keepers, the rememberers, the glue.

08/17/2025

Don’t claim a title you didn’t earn.
Grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin—it all means nothing if you’re absent.

If you can go weeks without asking about them, you’ve forfeited your role.

My children will never have to wonder who loves them. They will always know by who shows up.

08/17/2025

Stop posting about them if you don’t actually show up for them.

Stop bragging about “my babies” if you haven’t called in months.

Stop telling people you’re “family” when you don’t even know their favorite snack, their laugh, or what makes them cry.

Blood alone doesn’t make you important to my kids. Effort does. Presence does. Love does.

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