The washing machine is buzzing, I have four more loads of laundry, the kids’ backpacks are thrown open on the table, my “to-do” list is up to twenty five items, sign-ups for spring sports are looming, school has added another event to the calendar, doctor appointments, dentist appointments, the bills need to be organized, the pets need their annual vet visits, and do not mention another “weather day” to disrupt our routine that is so off-balance from Christmas break that I am not even sure what it is anymore. Oh, and let us add in my three-year-old swallowing a marble that I do not even know how he got to to add to the chaos!
My “mental load” is at max capacity of 110% ending January.
It is times like this that I wonder at night, “Am I in over my head?” Thoughts of, “Am I a good mom?” come rushing in, to the point where I cannot sleep. Can we all just take a moment to recognize that we’ve all been there in the journey of motherhood?
I know I can’t be alone in these feelings from time to time. Where you are so tapped out that you begin running on autopilot to just survive each day, marking off the checklist where possible. It is not a fun spot to be in, but I have been doing this long enough now to know it does get better. The amount on a mother’s plate never changes, but there is joy to be found in each season this life throws at us.
I write all these frustrations to let the mom who is also struggling in this season know that they are not alone. We are in this together. It takes a village, and sometimes you need to know others are on this same path with you.
So let’s take a breather, put our heads down to the grind, find someone to laugh with (chaos and all!), and push through. My mantra going into the rest of 2025: “You are enough. You are not in over your head. You are a great mom!”
