The other day, a woman I know, a mother of 12 (!!!!), asked me how I was. “And how are all those beautiful babies?”
I usually just smile and say I’m great, but today I told her, “Mrs X, I’m SO TIRED. I’m always tired, and then I’m tired of being tired, you know?”
She smiled. She put a gentle, wrinkled hand on mine, and said, “I do know. I remember feeling exactly the same way. You’ll be tired for a while more. You will have days, weeks when you feel like there’s no end in sight. But I promise you, one day you will sleep uninterrupted, and they won’t need you this much.
You’ll look around and be surrounded by so much love, that YOU helped create, and I’m here to tell you, you will never regret a single tired day.”
Holding onto that today, you guys.
“Creating love.”
Holding onto that with all my heart.
xoxo, Anna
I needed to read this today out of all days, thank you for posting. I too feel tired day in and day out, but seeing it from that perspective makes it all worth it. So I too will cherish all the late nights, early mornings, diaper changes, messes, crying, giggling, and pitter patter of bare feet.
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That is SO much better than “you’re going to miss this so enjoy it now.” ❤️ Thanks for sharing!
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