Mom, Don't Apologize

Sweet momma, hear me out. Or, if you’d rather, just read what I need to tell myself today!

We moms are so worried about what other people—moms, friends, coworkers, internet acquaintances, whoever!—think about our role as mom that we feel like we have to qualify ANY negative statement about our kids.

We have ALL done it.

She was so rotten today—she can be sooo sweet and I love her but I don’t know how to handle this!

He just doesn’t listen—I love him so much though!

I need an hour alone—I love my kids and all the time I get with them but…

Sound familiar?

Who on earth decided that we have to qualify any negative statement with a positive one!? Ladies, why can’t we just say how we feel without having to also say how much we care about our kids?!

My daughter can be HARD. Period.

My little ones wear me out. That’s it.

I need a break. A vacation alone would be great. No qualifier!

Because, sweet momma, of course you love your babies! You pour all you have into them on a daily basis. You see all they are and all they can be and work so hard at shaping them into the person they’ll someday become. So you don’t need to say it out-loud just because you are having a hard moment.

You are human. Humans have emotions. Positive ones. Negative ones. Ones in between. Your kids are human too. And their emotions can impact you. There is no reason that you need to qualify your difficult moment with a reminder that you love your babies.

Our babies don’t do it--and shouldn't have to! So why should we?