Sometimes I get so wrapped up in being a mom that I forget I’m still just a woman in her early 40s experiencing life for the first time too.

I’m still learning how to show myself grace while staying strong for everyone around me. I’m still trying to figure out who I am beyond the deadlines, the dishes, and the lullabies at midnight.

I give so much of myself all day but some nights I lay down feeling completely drained and I can’t even explain why. Is it the depression, the burnout, the mom brain fog?

I’m raising a little human, but I’m still growing myself…still healing parts of me I never had time to face…still craving rest…still wishing someone would ask how I’m really doing.

motherhood is beautiful, but sometimes it consumes me and in the quiet moments, I remind myself—

I am more than just a mom: 

I’m a woman evolving and still learning who she’s becoming!