Happy Mother’s Day!!

I simply had too much to say about Mother’s Day that I needed to make it a short podcast. Ha! Being a mom is hard and rewarding. I hope you find joy in the small things! We all mess up, but thankfully our children are forgiving and have bad memories…most of the time! I am so amazed by how strong women and how much moms can accomplish. To all the superhero moms out there! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Podcast Transcript
Welcome back to the Something Better, My Darling podcast. I am here to help women find their purpose without compromising their values, and ultimately reaching their full potential. Whether you are struggling with self worth, confidence, or lack of taking action, this is for you!  I am so excited you are here! I can’t wait to get to know you!

Happy Mother’s Day!!! This is a completely unplanned podcast, but as I was doing my Miracle Morning…now on day 43…yes it only says 30 days, but it is highly addicting! Lol. Anyway, as I was doing my Miracle Morning and thinking about an instagram post for Mother’s Day, and it hit me…that will be one LONG post, lets just talk about it instead. Not a surprise…right? I would so much rather talk than write, you should start to know this about me by now. 

So let’s talk about Mother’s Day! Let me tell you about my Mother’s Day. It is currently 8:45 am as I record this. I have been up since 5:15 when my daughter stumbled into my room with a stomach ache. So I layed in her twin bed with her until 6:30 when I then got up to walk Pepper, our dog. Then I started my Miracle Morning. I do love getting up early, so having my morning start this way is not a bad thing at all!! My house is currently quiet, my daughter is still sleeping and my son is playing xbox. A quiet morning to myself before we head off to church and then have take-out chinese for lunch with my family! Yes please!!! 

Mother’s Day is one of my “important holidays.” I am sure you all have holidays that mean more to you than some of the others too, and Mother’s Day happens to be one of those for me. My Birthday, Mother’s Day, Easter, and Christmas. Those are my big ones. However, after my divorce Mother’s Day changed for me. It is still one of my favorites, but it felt different. There seemed to be more pressure on this day because it was just me. And I am beyond thankful to have a very, very amazing mother of my own who continues to help my children make this day special for me, but that feeling of being completely appreciated and love for being a mom sort of faded. But that is what being a mom is most of the time. Doing all of the work and things and never truly feeling appreciated for it all. I want to say that I see you over there. I see you mom in the bathroom crying while she showers with a baby by the door wanting to get in. I see you mom working 3 jobs to make the rent and sleeping on the couch so your children can have a bed. I see you mom who has what appears to be everything yet feels a gaping whole in her chest from loneliness and connection. I see you mom whose child has lost their way and there is nothing else you can do or say to help them. I see you mom who is mourning the loss of a child. I see you mom who is trying their best to keep it all together and then loses their mind when you can’t. I could do this all day, and this list would not stop! Moms are amazing!!! I am not saying dads are not…but it is not Father’s Day! That is next month, and yes, I can do a podcast for you too! 

I feel like I should quickly Google all of the statics about how many extra hours moms work in a given week, but you know what, I think we all know how many extra hours we work! We all know how much less sleep we are getting to take care of sick babes, scared littles, or just those ones that need some extra snuggles. And let’s be real, did any of you think this is what motherhood would be like? I am really wishing I had planned this out better and my best friend Lindy could be on here with me. We have talked for years now about starting a podcast called “stronger than a mother” and we will do it! I promise you! Because she is ONE strong Mother!!! The older we get, the more challenges we see as mothers. I truly love the first time mom. The sheer joy and love in her is refreshing because she has not been through all of the challenges us ‘old’ moms have been through. And that is good! Each mom has their own struggles. And with my kids being 9 and 11, I know that there are a lot of fun years ahead for me! Some women can’t get pregnant so the idea of being a mom is so far off to them it hurts. Some women have complicated pregnancies and go through the loss of a child. Or some women have babies that have health complications. One of my dearest college friends, Kim lost her daughter Gabriella and that is a pain I never want anyone to go through, many of my friends, including myself have experience miscarriages, and yet I have other friends who are helping their daughters work through suicide attempts, anger issues, and substance abuse. Again, this list could go on and on. It is NOT easy being a mom. You never know what a mom is currently juggling or trying to handle at home. And I will not even get into mom guilt on this podcast, that needs to be one all by itself! 

This is why taking care of yourself is so important! I know, I know, we hear this all the time, but you cannot continue to handle everything on your plate as a mom is you’re not in a good place. And I don’t know what the place is. It could be physical, emotional, spiritual, whatever it is, you need to be the best version of you to be the best mom possible to your babies. You deserve that! 

At the end of the day, being a mom is not easy, but it is worth it! So please, please take some time for yourself today. Even if that means a walk all by yourself! Do it! You’ve got this Momma! May your coffee be stronger than your child’s will and your prayers even stronger yet! 

Happy Mother’s Day!! 

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