wisdom

A few weeks ago, during a conversation with my in-laws, Sam's dad began talking to me about my blog. This conversation was taking place shortly after another conversation with someone else that had left me feeling wounded and vulnerable and on edge. So I can't say that I was super excited when he brought it up. I was worried that he was going to say more of the same things that I had already heard. But instead, he thanked me for my blog. He told me that reading it has allowed him to understand and know me in a way that he didn't before and that he has come to love me even more through seeing my realness.
Then he talked about how often I refer to myself as a bad parent and offered me these words of wisdom that I feel compelled to pass on. "You are not a bad parent. You are a struggling parent." It might not seem like a big deal to change that one word from bad to struggling, but it makes a huge difference. So to all of my fellows moms out there, when you are starting to question your decisions and your abilities and your sanity, just remind yourself that you are not a bad mom. You are simply struggling with a hard task.