This Mother’s Day has turned out to be vastly different than last years. Last year, Inaara was in the ICU fighting for her life. I was splitting my time between seeing her in the hospital and spending time with my newborn baby. This year, you would never believe that Inaara has made a full recovery (with slight balance instability), Halden is almost walking, and both babies are home with me safe.
I always heard that there is no love like a mothers. I never understood the depth of that saying until I became a mother and endured some of my darkest days with post-partum depression while simultaneously feeling the love of my little shadows who follow me around calling me “mama”.
Motherhood is a tough journey, and for those of us who are blessed enough to have the chance to be a mother we hold a lot of weight on our shoulders. Caring for a human, unconditionally loving them, changing who we are before we were moms to become better moms is all a challenge. But I’ve learned from all of my mom friends, that if there is anyone who can do it and do it with resilience are mothers.
Happy Mother’s day to all the mom’s out there. You are enough. There is no one who can ever replace you in your children’s lives. There is no better mom for that child than you. Remember that as you spend the day and be thankful that God chose us to care for these humans.
xx
