Ever feel like you just can’t hold all the balls in the air? Today, as I write this, I’m sitting at the dentist while my daughter gets her teeth cleaned. This is the second visit in a month because for the first visit, we walked in and they informed us that her appointment was the day before. 🤔🤪 Somehow, I had written it down on the wrong day in my calendar.

I hate making mistakes as a mom. It’s one of the things that will send me into a tailspin if I’m not careful. We always want things to be perfect for our kids and we always want to get it all right.

But, here’s the thing. More than ever, us moms (and dads too) have so much coming at us from so many directions. Keeping up with our kid’s schedules, their education, keeping them off social, feeding the dog and cat on a regular basis, managing finances, paying the bills, maintaining work, keeping our house clean- sort of, remembering to change the oil in our cars, taking out the trash, cleaning dishes, deciding what foods are not going to kill us…where do I fit in exercise? 🤷🏻‍♀️ Oh, and still trying to find some semblance of enjoyment in it all too? It’s too much!

Like really, downtime? What is that?

We have to learn to give ourselves grace. If you’re out there giving it your best, seriously, why would you be hard on yourself?

And, we need to start learning to listen to that inner voice more that says what is right for you and your family. Just because society is saying you have to do it all a certain way doesn’t mean you have to. You think it does, but it doesn’t. I have to tell this to myself a lot too.

Lastly, we live in this social media era where everything is supposed to look easy and perfect and completely put together. I’m here to tell you, for most of us, we are spending way too much energy on the facade! I’m a firm believer that if life is too perfect on the outside, it’s probably pretty boring.l on the inside.

When it comes to you and your family, learn to find YOUR lane and stay in it. You have no business riding in all the lanes, swerving like a crazy person.

Yeah, the MOMMY JUGGLE is REAL, but you can decide on the most important balls to juggle and simply let some fall away. It will be ok.

💜💜💜

Now, I’m going to go take a nap when I get home. 🤪

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