Here’s to the Moms
Here’s to the SAHM with school aged children, who has lost those hours at home alone to manage laundry & meal prepping & grocery runs, all while trying to oversee schooling. I See you.
Here’s to the working mom with toddlers & infants , changing 3 times as many diapers and trying to enforce nap time , while working hard to tele-work and keep your job . I See you.
Here’s to the SAHM with toddlers and infants , who have lost those out of the house activities like Parks & Mom’s Morning Out- those activities that keep you from going insane from the monotony of dirty diapers & baby Einstein . I See you .
Here’s to the Moms who have college kids & young adult children, fretting about their livelihoods & safety , all the while working from home or managing your own home . I See you.
Here’s to the older generation of moms, with grown adult children who have families of their own. You’re worrying about your own health in this crisis while blowing kisses to your grandkids thru video screens or face masks .
I See you.
I’m showing Solidarity for all Moms .
We are ALL struggling in some shape or fashion in this pandemic .
May we show grace to ourselves, for we cannot do all this with perfection
Or maybe even well. But we press on , because that’s what Moms do. They keep Pressing, for their children & spouses , but mostly for themselves. Moms are Superhero’s .
See each other .
The Buffet
I’m hearing a lot of clients ask “am I doing this ok? “
What they’re asking is, am I navigating this pandemic okay? Is my anxiety normal ? Is my fear rational ? Am I depressed because I feel sad or unmotivated ?
My answer? Yes . You are OKAY. No one, has ever written a manual before on how to manage your mental health during a global pandemic . There is no formula for this . There is no handbook.
He’s Still Fighting our Battles
A couple years after my husband and I married we decided we wanted to have a child . Three years later and two very early miscarriages we were still childless. Friends were having babies as were my former students. My lowest point came when a young student at the school I worked became pregnant. I shouted angrily at God , WHY??!! Why would you give a child to a child , but not to a 30 something who is more than able?
Jesus the Extremist
In case you haven’t noticed humanity is really mucking it up lately. The division among us is greater than I’ve ever lived through in my 4+ decades. I didn’t live during the civil rights era and so I can imagine it was far scarier division. But in my small spectrum of time on this planet, this feels like the most intense division I’ve ever lived through…