Nov 29 Motherhood Compromises

I’m incredibly selfish- and putting aside some of my own wishes for the betterment of my family and kiddos has been no small feat in these 3.5 years that I’ve been a mommy. What I’ve learned- is that sometimes it’s all about compromise, mommy-style:

- sleeping in has become 7am instead of 9:30

- “privacy” for me normally means having someone knocking on the door or wiggling the doorknob- no matter what I’m trying to “privately” do on the other side of the door.

- a sit-down dinner normally means I sit my kiddos down, and I remain up and down to tend to everyone’s needs- but nonetheless we eat as a family.

- enjoying some tunes in the car means alternating between “Silas songs” and Mommy songs- unless of course we’re listening to “the Maybe song” by Ingird Michaelson- which Silas asks to be “put on repeat, repeat, repeat!”

- it means hugs and snuggles when what I really want is space… but I always end up loving those hugs and snuggles

…it’s about “we” even though I’m prone to think “me”.

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