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To be a Mom.

A Mom will break her own heart in pieces and glue those pieces into your heart that is broken.
She will tie your hair (im)patiently and run back to fetch your favourite toy, even if it maks her late.

She will pull the feathers from her wings and lovingly add them to yours just to make sure that you can fly higher.

She will use her last bit of energy at the end of a long day to wipe the tears from your sad face.

A Mom is thè one person that will always see the beauty within you.
She is thè one person that will believe that you only deserve the best and bend backwards to ensure that you get it.

To be a Mom is to understand that at times, you will have to stand alone against the world.
I only realize now why Cinderella's stepmom was so nasty and Mama Bear's porridge was always cold.
I only realize now why Snowhite was alone in the woods and why Little Red Riding Hood's granny so grey, old and sick.

Because the days of Motherhood were just too long and the years much too short.
And many, yes MANY days, a Mom's plate of food is just too cold too often.

Luckily there are silver linings, especially around much darker clouds.
On days you need to see that silver lining the most.

The price of being a Mom can be found in listening to the most precious of precious laughter of your child, sounding like water gently gurgling over smooth river stones.
It is in the privilege of hearing a little human that you helped bring into this word, say: “Mama, I’s loves you..” and you know it comes from their tiny heart.

I believe that you only grasp the true value of a Mom, the day you become a Mom yourself.
It is only then that you realizes the power in a Mom’s prayers.

At times the title Mom also brings the deepest of hurt and pain.
But let’s be honest – to have a Mom and to be a Mom, is the highest privilege anyone can be blessed with..

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~Welcome Home

OR YOU COULD JUST LIVE

You are going to wish your body was more,
You are going to wish your body was less,
You are going to wish your body would change,
You are going to wish your body would not.

You are going to wish your body was many things,
between now,
and the day you leave this mortal coil.

And one day,
as is always the way,
you will look back,
and see,
that your body was always as it should be.
Doing its best
To be you,
for you.

And you are then going to wish that just once,
you had told your body,
‘I accept you, as you are, right now’.

And that maybe had you done this,
you would have spared yourself a lifetime,
of wishing for something you didn’t really ever need.

That what it was you should have been wishing for, in fact,
was the courage to accept,
the strength to embrace,
the wisdom to really see,
what you have.

You’re going to wish for many things,
when it comes to your body.

Or you could just wish for health.

And live your life,
flawed
and
beautiful.

Donna Ashworth
From ‘I wish I knew’: https://amzn.to/3JVMJlZ

Art by Helma Speksnijder

I’m a queen of the night kind of mom.

I tiptoe around the house at all hours of the night.

I need to take advantage of my kids not being awake to spill, stain, dump, whatever it is I've just cleaned,

to take things off my mental load from making sure there's more peanut butter in the pantry, packing lunches, and getting bills paid to scheduling everyone's EVERYTHING,

to unwind and lose myself in social media—Memes, Reels, all of it—to pursue a passion, or to recharge to Netflix,

to spend time with my partner eating dinner and commiserating about the day because ADULTING IS HARD.

I’m a queen of the night kind of mom.

Because there's magic in those quiet hours.

And they're the reason (besides my kids),
I have tired eyes and complain about not getting enough sleep.

But they're also why I can keep going with a full heart.

Because the truth is,
this quiet time fuels me in a way that sleep can't.

So, for now,
I’m a queen of the night kind of mom.

📸: Amanda Oleander Art
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