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I Get To

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I get to…

I get to be a mom

I get to become a mom again

I get to be a wife

I get to be an entrepreneur

I get to choose

I get to become the person I want

I feel so grateful because I get to do all of these things and more. It’s easy to get caught up in life and obligations. It’s easy to get frustrated when the days are so busy and sometimes nothing seems to go my way. SO I have to remind myself that I get to do all of these things and then I feel so lucky for this life. In gratitude, I feel more happy and positive. More able to do the hard things and more able to become the person I want to become.

So if you are feeling stuck, make a list of all the things you get to do and you will be reminded of all the blessings in your life. There is always something to be grateful for even in the hardest seasons of life.

XOXO

Mom Guilt

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Today I want to talk about mom guilt. When I hear mom guilt, a lot of times it’s when moms feel guilty about going back to work after having a baby. Often times, moms need to work in addition to their husband to help support the family. Some women are entrepreneurs or choose to work a corporate job. None of this means they love their babies any less and it doesn’t make it easy to go back to work at all. I don’t think moms need to feel guilty about working, it’s either they work when they have kids or their full time job is being a mom to their children. Either choice has it’s own challenges and there is definitely no reason to feel guilty.

I never hear the term dad guilt, ever! Have you? It’s amazing all this pressure moms put upon themselves to do the majority of child rearing when in the modern world both parents need to be equally responsible for raising the children. Most of us are brought up a certain way in that mom took on most of the child caring. We are maternal after all but in this busy world it’s important for moms to get support from dads in raising the kids. It’s almost ingrained in our brains that moms do it all but it’s better for everyone when mommy and daddy bring up the kids.

 

 

Parenting

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Parenting is the most amazing gift! I’ll start there, I can’t imagine not being a parent, I never thought I would be a mom growing up, I was so insecure I couldn’t imagine raising another human being. After meeting then marrying my husband I really wanted to become a mom a few years in. Now our first daughter is almost 3 and we have another baby girl on the way!

There are so many challenges that come up, stay home to raise your babies, go back to work, hire help, when to send them to school. I’ve found along the way researching and talking to other parents, discussing with hubby of course, asking family members for advice and ultimately prayer and having faith we know what’s best for our family. I find myself worrying a lot and then figuring out the best path and often having to make adjustments along the way. Parenting is so humbling! There is no perfection in this and that is hard for a lifetime perfectionist. So it’s been a learning curve but much needed.

When the focus is doing right by your child, you’re doing the best that you can and that’s enough!