This Mother’s Day – Give Yourself the Gift of Acknowledgement

To the mama who struggles to manage a career, a family, and a household – I see you.

To the mama who manages all three – I see you.

To the mama who struggles to manage the laundry – I see you. 

To the mama whose laundry never piles – I see you.

To the mama who hadn’t slept in years – I see you.

To the mama who’s had a wonderful nap – I see you. 

To the mama who struggles to balance her children’s needs with her own – I see you.

To the mama whose balance is always balanced – I see you.

To the mama who doesn’t have support – I see you.

To the mama who has support, but not the kind she needs – I see you.

To the mama who has the support that she needs, but it’s never enough – I see you.

To the mama who paid the price of giving up on her dreams – I see you.    

To the mama who paid the price of following her dreams – I see you.

To the mama who never loses her patience – I see you.

To the mama who always loses her patience – I see you.

To the mama who’s sure of her decisions – I see you.

To the mama who’s not sure of her decisions – I see you.

To the mama who’s constantly anxious – I see you.

To the mama who’s always cool – I see you.

To the mama who manages her anger – I see you. 

To the mama who struggles to manage her anger – I see you. 

To the mama who’s always feeling connected – I see you.

To the mama who’s feeling disconnected – I see you.

You can be all of these, and none of these, and some of these today, and others tomorrow. No matter where you are, today or tomorrow, I see what you had to go through and what you are going through to be here.

No matter which of these you identified with, you are the best mother you can possibly be. Today.

On this Mothers’ Day, give yourself the gift of clarity. Ask yourself what do YOU need to be a better you.

You can be better tomorrow if you know that YOU ARE YOUR VERY BEST – TODAY.

Sending all the love, the compassion, and the empathy to all moms who read this.

YOU ROCK!

And I’d love to meet you in my parenting support group on Facebook, join me if it meets your needs 🙂