Pursuing Mindfulness in Motherhood and Life
You know those funny things that the kids do? Or the really hard days that you want to remember when this early motherhood phase is past? Or maybe the blissful moments of quiet at naptime, with a newborn baby asleep on your chest? This is daily life: where we celebrate Motherhood’s moments. These sometimes quiet, sometimes crazy, altogether too fleeting, daily life moments of Motherhood. Because the one thing I know for certain is that I want to remember these days forever.
Sometimes we don’t feel like we can celebrate the mundane moments of Motherhood. We worry that we’ll overshare, and then we worry that we’ll forget too soon. I think we all just need to stop and take a breath. Write it down, take a picture, remember these sweet moments of daily life any way you want to, Mama. The good, the bad, the sweet, the beautiful, the ugly, the mundane, the joyous… write it on your heart.
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