Parenting with Humor & Common Sense
Mother's Day. For most, it's a day painted in pastel colors – bouquets overflowing with lilies and roses, handwritten cards adorned with wobbly hearts, and the comforting aroma of breakfast in bed. But for some of us, the day carries a different weight, a bittersweet balance of absence and love.
This post is about balancing the mental load of motherhood against losing our identity. Motherhood is a journey akin to a tempestuous sea, with its ebbs and flows of sleepless nights, tiny hands that leave imprints on our hearts, and laughter that dances like sunlight on water. Yet, amidst this beautiful chaos, we may find ourselves adrift, like a ship in search of its lost compass. I came at motherhood with purpose and with every fiber of my being. Like other life-altering circumstances, some of which were way beyond my control, there was little deliberating and a lot of accepted challenges. My first job after college was teaching in an…
