For the Mom Who Feels Like She Wasn’t Enough

For the Mom Who Feels Like She Wasn’t, Isn’t, and Won’t Ever Be Enough

To the mom who is hurting today:

Hey, I love you.

And I know it’s painful.

Mother’s Day is not soft for everyone. For some mothers, it is flowers and cards and brunch and sweet little posts online.

For other mothers, it is another day of chaos.

Another day of stress.

Another day of trying.

Another day of being made aware that nothing you do seems to work.

Another day of remembering every place you fell short.

Every time you lost patience.

Every time you were too tired.

Every time you wanted to comfort but had nothing left.

Every time you tried to help and somehow became the problem.

And after a while, the thought gets heavier:

Maybe I wasn’t enough.

Maybe I’m not enough now.

Maybe I won’t ever be enough.

That is a brutal thing to carry.

So this is a shout-out to the moms who do not feel celebrated today.

The moms who are grieving their own mothers.

The moms who miss their grandmothers.

The moms who became mothers while still needing mothering.

The moms whose bodies hurt.

The moms whose minds are tired.

The moms who are being reminded of their mistakes more often than they are reminded of their love.

The moms who know they fell short, still fall short, and are terrified they always will.

You are not the worst thing you ever said.

You are not your most exhausted moment.

You are not the argument.

You are not the panic.

You are not only the places where you broke down.

You are a mother who loved while hurting.

You are a mother who tried while empty.

You are a mother who kept showing up even when you did not know how.

Maybe you did fall short.

Maybe there are things you wish you could go back and change.

Maybe there are apologies still sitting heavy in your chest.

Maybe there are patterns you hate because you recognize them.

But grief over what you wish you had done better is not proof that you are worthless.

It is proof that you care.

A mother who feels nothing does not ache like this.

A mother who does not love does not break under the weight of wanting to do better.

So hey, mom.

I love you.

It’s painful.

But you are going to be okay.

Not because everything was perfect.

Not because nothing is broken.

Not because you got it all right.

But because grace is bigger than one hard day, one hard year, one painful season, or one imperfect mother.

You are still worthy of mercy.

You are still allowed to rest.

You are still allowed to be loved.

You are still allowed to begin again.

You may have loved imperfectly.

But you loved.

You may have fallen short.

But you tried.

You may be tired today.

But you are still here.

And that is not nothing.

You are going to be okay.

Happy Mothers Day

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