03/27/2026
Everything changed with my outlook on parenting when I changed this one thing.
I stopped thinking…
“I have to do this.”
And started thinking…
“I get to do this.”
And no, not in a toxic positivity, “enjoy every moment” kind of way.
Because some moments are hard.
Like really hard.
The middle-of-the-night wake-ups.
The constant “mom, mom, mom.”
The days that feel long and repetitive and exhausting.
I’m not pretending those aren’t real.
But somewhere along the way, I realized:
The same things that feel heavy right now…
are the things I once hoped for.
The baby I’m checking on at 2am?
I once prayed for them.
The toddler calling my name 100 times a day?
They won’t always need me like this.
The chaos, the noise, the never-sitting-down feeling?
It’s a season, not forever.
And shifting from
“I have to do this again…”
to
“I get to be the one they need…”
doesn’t make it easier
but it makes it feel more meaningful.
It softens the edges of the hard moments.
It reminds me that even in the exhaustion,
there’s something really special happening here.
If you’re in a season that feels heavy right now… you’re not alone.
And you’re doing better than you think 😘