Lighten the Mother Load

Being a stay at home mom can be really hard sometimes.

It can feel isolating, overwhelming, and neverending. There’s no time off, no break time (unless you count hiding in the bathroom) and you’re at both your work and your home at all times. It’s easy to get lost in your home and your kids. And some days I long for the hustle and bustle of being a principal again- even though, let’s be honest, being a working mom is just as hard.

However, what I’ve come to appreciate in my last 18 months of being home with my kids is the beautiful gift of time watching them grow in this special stage. That piece is never lost on me- how I’m there for all their small and big moments.

Today I got to see my babies explore the creek and watch their joy and wonder as they discovered the world. One day, when I’m back to the work grind, I know I’ll look back and feel nothing but gratitude for the time.

It truly is a gift. A messy, imperfect, rollercoaster, mental bear of a gift, but a gift all the same.

Sisqo’s high notes hit different when you’re a stressed out mom. Am I right or am I right?

Tuesday reminder. We all have agreements in our brains of who we are and what we’re supposed to be that we have mostly accepted unconsciously and ingrained them into our being.

Agreements that stop us from trying new things, getting healthy, feeling confident, speaking our truth, living our joy.

Agreements that we can’t, aren’t enough, are too fat, too small, too dumb, too lazy, too shy, too busy.

But the really cool thing about those agreements is that they’re not carved in stone and we can break them and create new ones. Agreements that satisfy our truest selves and embody who we want to be rather than who we’ve been told to be.

Break those limited beliefs and as Rose would tell you, tell them to kick rocks with an open toed sandal.