The days of motherhood where you feel like you cannot come up for air. The days that feel like you are being suffocated. The days that seem never ending. When you are so exhausted but you cannot go to sleep. Have you had one of those days recently? Don’t worry I have too. Our youngest has become even more attached to the hip now that her older sisters have started school and at times I love it and soak it up, but there are times I just need to breath. I have always wanted a momma’s girl and I definitely have one, but I don’t want to resent it; I want to embrace it but the struggle is real. I wish I would have known back when I first became a mom what all it takes to be a mom. I never knew how much self sacrifice it takes, how many tears I would cry from shear frustration, how suffocating it can truly feel at times. How everyday you give it all you’ve got and still feel like its not enough. I honestly always feel like there is something more I could…
“Fear wakes us up. Fear reminds us to fight. It’s only when we know fear that we ever understand the depth of our need for its opposite-love. Fear can either keep us standing in one place, or it can propel us toward something better.”- Hannah Brencher- Come Matter Here Do you ever fear that your life is so good that something horrible is going to happen to you? Just this week our family was dealt heartbreaking news that cancer has found its way into our family yet again. I’m pretty sure everyone has had to deal with cancer, and it’s the worst thing ever. Some people have unexpected things happen to their families that are just down right terrible, and I just sit here and think it’s going to happen to me, my life is going to good. Fear can easily come up with a mind of its own and quickly take over every decision that you make if you let it. It cripples you. I have a lot of fears relating to so many things that I cannot control, that’s ultimately what fear comes from…