#RealMotherhoodChallenge

It’s Day Three of the The Blue Dot Project 5-Day #realmotherhoodchallenge and I find it so interesting that this week happens to coincide with what is so far a very crappy week for me. So without further ado, here is my real motherhood moment for today.

In tears, letting the emotions out after holding it together until I was able to drop my kids at school. Real motherhood is having to explain to your children at 7am that our family dog’s health is declining rapidly after she peed all over a full elevator and you had to use your jacket to clean it up and then carry her outside with a smile and a pep talk. It’s having to run to the deli on the corner to get breakfast for your kids because you were so crazed with work yesterday that you forgot to go grocery shopping. It’s getting pulled over and getting a ticket for holding a phone in your hand while driving because the vet was calling with sonogram results seconds after dropping your kids off at school. It’s having to pull it together day after day to get it all done and live with the consequences if you don’t. It’s remembering to love yourself when it feels like everything is crumbling around you. It’s drinking so much coffee that your stomach is begging you to stop but your brain can’t function without it.

Motherhood is everything. All the feels, all the time. Ups, downs, highs, lows. It’s keeping your family together and running smoothly to the best of your ability every day. It’s fielding the sadness, anger and hate all around us to give your children a comfortable, safe, secure, loving home where they can thrive. Motherhood is relentless, beautiful, messy and imperfect. Just like life. Shine on, mamas. We got this. Even on the days when it feels like we don’t. 💙