I used to love to go for walks or play board games after dinner. I used to read with my kids every night. We’d have pillow talk and I’d be interested in their stories, or Roblox, or whatever they were excited about that day. I looked at Pinterest for crafts, and planned new recipes to try for Sunday brunch.Call it exhaustion, depression, anxiety, or all of the above, but by the time the work, chores and schooling are done, I’m toast. I have zero mental capacity for anything else.
I don’t want to be a playmate. I don’t want to be a housekeeper or emotional coach. And I definitely don’t want to be a homework do-er at the 11th hour when they forgot they had STEM project due the next day.quarantined due to COVID cases at school, everything 2020 and beyond has thrown at us feels suffocating. I wish I could just hibernate under a blanket and rest my weary body and mind until the 2021 rays of light slowly starts to seep in from beneath the crack of my door.
But I can’t. Because I have two little girls that need me. They need to see how I’m reacting to all of life’s curve balls. They need to see that even when I’m down, I can get back up.So after I take a few minutes for myself each evening, I breathe, put on a smile and remind myself how lucky I am to be their mom. I get them to bed and spend a little time with each girl.
And remember that through this big old mess of a situation we are all in, there is still so much GOOD. We just have to work to be present enough to find it.
I’m with you mom! Just keep laying there! soon enough we will find a balance..... ☺️🤣
Me
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