Embracing the Current Stage of Parenthood

Don’t do what I did. I got sucked down that hole of looking at photos of “back then”. 👶👧😢 (And I’m refraining from showing you all those cutenesses that I made 😜 ) ❤️Yes, those chubby little hands were precious. ❤️Yes, those baby rocking days were so special. But we forget so easily that they were hard too. Those were the days when we were looking forward to the “easy” of we’re in today. When I wouldn’t have to worry about bottles… When I wouldn’t have to take a stroller on trails… Now, here we are! And now you’re wishing you were back there in little kid days. Right? One day we will be wishing we were back in the days we’re in now. At least, I figure we will… So here’s to embracing the now. ❤️Here’s to embracing the volume. (I don’t do that well…) ❤️Here’s to being okay with driving everywhere to take and pick up kids. ❤️Here’s to seeing the kids daily because one day we won’t. These teen years are fun. Don’t dread them, Moms of Littles. But give that baby an extra squeeze for us Moms of Bigs. Sending you encouragement no matter your life stage. May you hold back those tears as you drop those kids off for the first school day. 😗 . . . .