Beautifully-Imperfect

🫶A note to my children and all the children struggling in accepting themselves.

🤫I see myself in my children.

🫠They think they have all these weird quirks that make them so different(that I possibly couldn’t understand) or make them feel even broken within some of their “awkward” traits.

🫣I see myself in them when I was their age, I see myself in them with who I am today. I see my weird and sometimes uncomfortable quirks within them.
🤷‍♀️The shyness, the social anxiety(I know that may shock a lot of you but I’m actually very uncomfortable socially), my social overstimulation, my texture sensitivities, the anxiety I get to accomplish most things(which is probably also shocking to a lot of ppl), the lack of emotional expression and so much more.

🤷‍♀️Some days I cannot hide my “weirdness” and I keep to myself so others don’t see my “off”, extra “weird” days. But I’ll shine on the days I feel more “normal”. I don’t love that about myself but I have learned to embrace it-I am me.
🥰Those who see me for me-choose to accept all my “unusual behaviors” even when they don’t fully understand.

🥰But knowing i persevere everyday, i have grown through it, and keep pushing through-gives me confidence that they will be ok within their perfectly-imperfect selves.
😁They are still young-learning to navigate outside the “normal” box.

🫣Are any of us “normal”?!! 🤣🤷‍♀️

👉It took me a long time and honestly; I’m still learning, too.

🤔Some habits, characteristics and behaviors are probably inherited via dna and some are probably learned behavior-let mom guilt sink in with that realization 🤣.
But, they and we-are exactly who the world needs us to be.

To all the kids, teenagers and young adults:

💪Be strong my littles
💕You are not broken or flawed
🤗Some of this gets easier
😬There will always be uncomfortable moments but keep pushing through-don’t isolate yourself from the world.
❣️Not everyone will understand you-you only need those who do.
❣️Find your confidence in BEING YOU!

✨Keep shining my beautiful people

🌸Where flowers bloom, so does hope”🌺

😬Mom Life with Older Kids

😌Most of us LOVE being a mom
We absolutely wouldn’t change it for the world. I know I wouldn’t.

🥰It gave me purpose, taught me things I wouldn’t have learned otherwise and so much more.

🫣Some moms are better at balancing it all.
🤷‍♀️I’m not that mom.
🤯I’ve hyper focused on the day to day needs and all the future needs and planning and prepping for today and all of tomorrows.
🤔What does that mean? It means I didn’t have time or make time for my own interests. My brain was so busy plotting and planning for every single move. I couldn’t break the focus.

😊I didn’t lose myself, I found myself in ways I needed to.
🥰I found myself loving human beings that need and deserve all I could give.
🙃It wasn’t always enough but that’s part of being a real human.

😳Parenting older kids is different. 🤩You’re watching them spend less time with you, watching them become their own person with their own knowledge, views, opinions and so much more. It’s incredibly exciting.
😯It’s also terrifying.
👎Where do us parents fit in now? 🤞How do they need us? How do we support them yet let them fly?
🤷‍♀️How do we fill our new time without them?

🫣Finding the balance of letting them figure it out and help vs not to help-is a little soul crushing. Even just thinking about future instances that haven’t even happened but you know you’re going to have to let them struggle through some experiences for their own good. I mean, to a certain capacity.

😁But I’m here to say that I’m looking forward to learning again. Learn about things I forgot I enjoyed. Learn about things I didn’t realize I enjoyed….

👏Don’t feel guilty for adjusting to the changes and rediscovering you.

🫶You’ll always be their mom but you are also more than just a mom. (I say this as I realize, idk who I am outside of being a mom). 🤣 I suppose I’m about to figure it out 🤣

Keep working through the motions of life. It’s always changing.

“ flowers bloom, so does hope”🌸

🤩When you feel good…. Life just hits different-do it with no shame

🫣Coming out of a 6 week full on flare up and I just feel good. Finally!

😕If you struggle with any form of chronic illness; you understand.

🤷‍♀️We can do everything right:
👍Healthy lifestyle
👍Healthy eating habits
👍Good sleep habits
🤔The list goes on

😩And it will still hit you like a freight train

😡It’s frustrating…. Infuriating at times and just down right awful. You feel defeated and sometimes you worry you’ll never feel “ok” again.

🤗Hang tight-the other side comes, eventually.

💪Stay strong warriors

🙌Definitely embrace those good days!

🌸”Where flowers bloom, so does hope”