This week and next week is and will be hard for me. I am going back to work for the first time after having my youngest son and he is starting daycare early so that I can transition better. I am having a HARD time with that. Look, I have been a stay at home mom and a working mom. I know how hard both can be. However, when talking to other moms, you’ll receive either judgement or love. I have never felt more judgement than that of other moms. We are the worst to each other? why? because we are ALL insecure about something and we project that onto each other.
Motherhood is so hard. Why can’t we understand that what works for one mom, may not work for the other? Ideally, I am sure most of us would rather live on some land, raise our kids, with a perfect little family and no stress about how the bills are going to be paid. But, life does not work like that. So where is your heart in all of this? are you more loving or judgmental when a mom is struggling with something YOU don’t agree with? Do you immediately give her the TED talk about why breastfeeding is better than formula or vice versa, do you tell her that her choice in sending her kids to daycare is wrong because this and that? or do you tell her that raising kids does not have an instruction manual and doing what’s best for her family will differ than what’s best for yours? Ya’ll, we NEED to be better to each other. Let me tell you, God does NOT care if you send your kids to daycare, feed them formula, etc. He wants us to teach our children to look for HIM! He wants US to teach our babies about him. That right there is the most important part of motherhood.
Here’s some scripture:
Proverbs 22:6
“Train up children in the way they should go, even when they are old, they will not turn from it.”
YOU are doing a good job just by loving them, I am learning that everyday.
DINNER I LOVED THIS WEEK:
I attended a Women’s retreat and receieved a recipe book. This recipe is not mine, It is a recipe by a woman named, Julie. So, I do not take credit.
You will need: Ground sausage, steam-able white rice, shredded frozen hashbrowns, cream of chicken, shredded cheddar cheese
Sausage Casserole:
Set your oven to 350 degrees
Cook the sausage and then mix the cream of chicken into the sausage
steam the rice in the microwave and add it into the sausage, stir.
Get a casserole dish, add the sausage mix into the dish.
Add a desired amount of hashbrowns onto the top of the sausage
Add the cheese on top (I add a lot of cheese. Lol)
Put in the oven for 20-25 minutes so the hashbrowns can cook.
I am telling you, this dish is DEVINE.
If you are looking for a parenting book about slower living,
Read ” A Simpler Motherhood” by Emily Eusanio. I am telling you, I started reading this self- help and I cried. It is just so true about how you can put your kids into sports, have a whole system for play, chores, etc. But, until you clean your heart, you will feel empty in your mothering. So far it is just beautiful.
I love YALL! You are loved, beautiful, and worthy.
XOXO