{YOU ARE ENOUGH}

•Do you ever feel like you’re one foot in and one foot out in this game called life?

Insert the dreaded Mom guilt here👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻…..

•Guilty if you buy them a toy, but guilty if you don’t ??

•Guilty for taking time by yourself to get a pedicure because God only knows the last time those toes have seen a nail file or clippers? (That might just be me though 😅

•Guilty for hiding in the pantry where the snacks are or the closet with a snack just for a few minutes while your kids roam the house to find you? (Again maybe just me 🤷‍♀️🥴)

•Truth be told, up until recently, and even still, I feel guilty day in and day out for just not feeling 100% present in any moment of my life. I pray to be the most amazing wife, mother, daughter, friend, employee, co-worker, and stranger you’ll ever meet! But man I fail MISERABLY every single day… because I put my expectations so high in myself and myself alone.

Let’s be honest though we women and mothers were built for this right? We should be able to handle all of this AND more… right? Our ancestors fought for our freedoms and then a group of women fought for the right to work so we should be thankful RIGHT? ……..

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WRONG— partially anyway….

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The truth is we are all in this circus act and God is the ringmaster! He is the one who can guide us by the Holy Spirit to remind us that maybe we should slow down a little! Take more time to enjoy those children or take that 10 minute break in the pantry because we NEED IT! And it is totally okay! •We mamas have fought those daily battles from which clothes they will wear, to gratefully changing all those messy diapers, picking up that same mess they made 752 times in the same day, then to fighting over not taking a bath tonight as they have mud caked on their precious irrational faces!I believe God intended for us to fight those battles to get them to a point where we get to sit back and truly enjoy the fruits of our labor and enjoy grand babies or life with our husbands and alllll the alone time we could imagine (maybe)!! 😏 Those women did fight for our freedoms to work, but they didn’t intend for us women/mothers to KILL ourselves and lose who we were called by God to be in the process!

•I truly believe they intended for us to work part time (preferably 3 days a week 8 hour shifts with 1 hour PAID lunch breaks to catch up on life)😅 😉😁okay I’m pushing it!

-I do believe those women intended for us to have purpose outside of our children because one day they will leave this home we built with them to make new memories of their own! And that time will be here in the blink of an rye no doubt!

But…..Until then ladies and fellow mamas— do NOT believe those lies that the devil himself tries to tell you!

<YOU ARE ENOUGH>

God formed you in your mothers womb and he has always known the woman you have and will become on this earth as long as you allow him to work in and through you!

-It is totally okay (in my eyes) to take that bubble bath alone after the kids are in bed even if it means staying up past 10.

-It’s okay to cry when your kids cry because you are all tired and hungry….

-It’s wonderful if you can feed your littles healthy foods every evening, or 1-2 evenings, or if some nights you eat cheese puffs and cereal for dinner… hey they ate right?!

It is OKAY to sometimes just be real and raw and let your kids see that you don’t have it all together because they need to know that is reality! Facebook, tik tok, Instagram, and social media are not (most of the time) reality!

I guess my three biggest pieces of advice for whatever they’re worth to those of you who have read this far are…..

1. PRAY A LOT (for yourself too)

2. Find balance that works for you

AND

3. GIVE YOURSELF SOME GRACE!!! (We all need it; a lot of it)

Life is tough; parenting in these times is even tougher! Let’s stick together, pray for each other, and let’s share snacks with each other please?! 🤷‍♀️😂

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

“Come with Me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” Mark 6:31

(EVEN GOD KNEW WE NEEDED REST YALL) 😉

With all the ✌🏼 & 💗,

Brit