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To the mom that thinks she’s not a good enough mom

Just one of those weeks where my mom guilt is relatively heavy. As I enter this blog post my eyes well up with tears with these sporadic feelings of distress.  Mom guilt is the shoulds, the supposed to’s, and the other moms are… clanking around in your head as you try to make it through the day.  Mom guilt has many origins, from internal conflict to societal pressures , social media, etc etc etc.  Parenting doesn’t come with a manual well it kinda does if you’re a believer but that doesn’t negate its challenges .  According to scripture every woman who's been blessed with motherhood should treat the role with the utmost respect and responsibility. Women play a  unique role in the lives  of their children which also adds to the pressure .  It’s that heavy sigh of feeling like you’re  just not good enough – that’s what I  feel at times.  You wouldn’t see it.  You’d probably see the outer version of me. Us moms? We’re really really goo...