There are not a lot of moms chatting on here, but perhaps it doesn’t matter if you’re a mom. I’m with my kids all day and I’m constantly holding and helping and tending to them, and I love to do it. But I’ve been so tense and feeling so unsettled these days - I think it’s because all day/night I live for these kids and I don’t actually get a lot of love back in my direction. I need a hug. I need more hugs! lol it feels ridiculous to admit.
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- someone who replied
It’s not ridiculous. Moms can often play a thankless job because they are the backstop to everything. At a baseball game people rarely honor and are grateful for when the fence knocks down a wild pitch and doesn’t hit a spectator. But if there is a hole in the fence everyone blames it. It plays a crucial role in the game that goes overlooked. I’m not calling moms backstops, but they essential and often overlooked importance is what I’m calling
- someone who replied, again
I don’t want to give you advice on how to destress or whatever you can find that if you want it. But I can tell you that the person most critical to the long term function of the family is the mom. At least in my family. She’s the central figure, the rock, she force behind it. And it’s the thing I’m most grateful for and look back on fondly as an adult. Sure you little kids won’t maybe act like that yet. But know that’s how they will think of u
