08/03/2022
Moms never stop needing support.
When she first has her baby, the support floods in from everywhere.
But then, after that first few weeks, everyone seems to disappear.
The texts checking in
stop.
The offers to babysit so she can take a nap
disappear.
But mommy never stops needing support.
She needs someone to call when she’s on the bathroom floor, face streaked with tears.
She needs someone she can vent to after she deals with an epic tantrum in the grocery store and someone criticizes her parenting.
Not just the beginning, but moms need someone to place them gently back on their feet through all phases of motherhood.
To calm their fears.
To tell them they’re doing a good job.
Because the reality is,
motherhood gets harder and harder.
And she can use someone to hold her hand and tell her they’ve been there and know how frustrating it is to fold laundry and cook dinner when she’s sick,
or to receive a hard diagnosis,
or how difficult the first-time separating is.
And she doesn’t need anyone to step in and do it for her,
she just needs the emotional support.
All moms do.
Because mothers who do that for everyone else deserve to be comforted, too.
So don’t forget to check on her,
Moms never stop needing support.
📸: Amanda Oleander Art
Beautiful Words By Living FULL
