Parenthood is hard. I have been at this for a few years now and I have done my research. I have watched videos, I have read blogs, I have asked questions. I have pondered my own upbringing and I have analalyzed the way my cousins and friends were brought up. I have tried to glean every single bit of information possible from those who have walked this road before me, are walking it with me, and those who claim to have all the answers. What I found is no one really has it all together. You read that right, NO ONE has it all together. We are all on this journey working daily just trying to survive it.
When I started out on this journey called "Motherhood" I thought it was going to be a cake walk. I just knew I was meant to be a mom, that it was natural and everything would flow into this wonderful picturesque idea of being a mom. Then reality hit and WHOA it was like getting hit by a semi truck every few minutes every day for weeks on end. Those weeks turned into months and those months into years and eventually the knocks from the semi truck were just a part of our everyday life.
We all figure out our own path, and when we have methods or routines or ideas that work we become these amazing advocates for whatever that is. We begin to share our methods with moms who we think are struggling or lets be hones, we are darn proud and we want to share it so someone else can be proud of us too. Because, we all know that being a mom is the most thankless unforgiving job we could ever even think about having. And, we don't always need to be affirmed (because it will NOT happen) its nice to hear it.
Let me reiterate this: We all figure out our own path...and despite what anyone says or does or thinks...we are ALL figuring it out. FIGURING it out day by day. Sticking with what we know works for our little miracles and digging in deep trying to figure out how to make others work.
Mama's don't beat yourself up over you kid only eating macaroni and cheese, or your kid being taller or bigger or shorter or not yet talking or not yet potty trained....your kid is amazing. Each child must have millions of things to happen during conception in order for them to be here...they are amazing. They are also all different and unique and its a beautiful thing. Don't stress if you don't have it picture perfect no one does. If they say they do they are lying. We are going to worry forever, and we are going to question everything and heck we are going to make mistakes. We are mama's and we are fierce and awesome and we are going to do whatever we have to for our babies.
GOOD JOB mama! :)
