I know you’re overwhelmed. Some days, it seems like you’ve taken on far more than you can handle. Between the homework and the temper tantrums, the late night cramming and papers, you wonder “is this even worth it?”
You’re exhausted, and you drink far more coffee than you ever imagined. When you finally get your child down for a nap after what feels like hours of fighting their sleep, you are faced with these three options.
Allow yourself to take the nap that you’re dying for, do some seriously needed cleaning, or study.
God, making that choice sucks. So instead of getting some rest, you force yourself to get up and get shit done. As soon as you finish gathering the laundry and cleaning up the kitchen, you think “maybe I can just sit down and relax for a minute.”
As soon as you sit down, guess who’s up?!
You can never seem to catch a break. You cook and you clean and you do your homework and you sit on the floor and read that book for the 156th time and you give 13 goodnight kisses before your child finally falls asleep.
You are tired and stressed beyond belief. But you know what else you are? You’re a fucking superhero. I mean, how many of your friends do this much work on a daily basis?
Some days you feel like giving up. Hell, more days than you don’t. But I’m here to tell you… don’t quit. You are rocking the hell out of this, and don’t you dare forget who’s watching you.
And I’m also here to tell you that it’s okay to trade cleaning for sleep sometimes. It’s okay to serve hot dogs and mac and cheese for dinner so you don’t spend 2 hours in the kitchen.
It’s okay to take time for yourself to decompress… that homework will still be there tomorrow.
And that mom guilt? Let it go. Your child loves you more than anything or anybody else in this world. Okay, you feel like you fall short sometimes, but I promise you, we all do!
You’re a kickass mommy and you are doing your best, and at the end of the day, that is what your child is going to remember.
You are an inspiration and you are going to look back at this one day and feel so damn proud of yourself. And trust me honey, those days are coming.
So stop worrying, be proud of yourself. You’re doing such an amazing job, it’d be a shame if you never took the time to realize that.
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