Take Heart
One of the most valuable pieces of advice I got as a young mama with two under two, was not to worry too much about fixing age appropiate inappropriate behavior, because ninety-nine percent of things will pass and motherhood has different seasons marked by different challenges no matter the age. In other words: "You aren't the worst mama ever. Kids can just be jerks and you're gunna make it out of this." Before this life giving insight, I had spent so much time looking for affirmation in the way of seeking advice, that I had landed myself into a deep hole of approximently ninety-nine hundred pieces of advice (all clashing of course) and an even deeper feeling of inadequacy. So you can imagine the breath of relief I felt when that sweet friend reminded me that not every mis-step or poor attitude that we see in our kiddos is a direct representation of something we did or did not do. Viewing our struggles in seasons allows us to lean into the hard and live in grace...
