I appreciate your comments here about parenting, and how you feel a sense of inadequacy when it comes to being a good mother. As a new father, I try to give myself grace (as my wife likes to say) and acknowledge that perfection is not the point, but relentless love, even in the hardest and most stressful moments, is.
Friend of Alisa Shapiro here! Your story is beautiful and painfully relatable. I’ll never forget the pediatrician telling me “the fact that you’re concerned about how you’re parenting and whether you are screwing up your kids is the best indication that you are indeed a great parent.” Maybe that’s bc these docs see so much and compared to the deadbeats out there we’re doing great, but we know we hold ourselves to a higher standard- one that we haven’t even figured out yet bc we’re also trying to sort out our needs, limitations, and strengths and how those align or don’t with those of our kids. Anyway, hope we meet someday soon, and in the meantime, sending the biggest momma hug I can muster 🤗
This means so much to me. Motherhood has been such a reckoning for me and I feel it’s really the time to share because so much of us are in this together! Hope we can met on day! I love Alisa
I appreciate your comments here about parenting, and how you feel a sense of inadequacy when it comes to being a good mother. As a new father, I try to give myself grace (as my wife likes to say) and acknowledge that perfection is not the point, but relentless love, even in the hardest and most stressful moments, is.
It’s such a process indeed. Even now my oldest is approaching 14 in a month and grace is very much a key to it all.
Friend of Alisa Shapiro here! Your story is beautiful and painfully relatable. I’ll never forget the pediatrician telling me “the fact that you’re concerned about how you’re parenting and whether you are screwing up your kids is the best indication that you are indeed a great parent.” Maybe that’s bc these docs see so much and compared to the deadbeats out there we’re doing great, but we know we hold ourselves to a higher standard- one that we haven’t even figured out yet bc we’re also trying to sort out our needs, limitations, and strengths and how those align or don’t with those of our kids. Anyway, hope we meet someday soon, and in the meantime, sending the biggest momma hug I can muster 🤗
This means so much to me. Motherhood has been such a reckoning for me and I feel it’s really the time to share because so much of us are in this together! Hope we can met on day! I love Alisa
I absolutely loved reading this and will read the other article you mentioned. Thank you for saying things I didn’t know how to verbalize!🙏❤️
So happy to have connected with you truly ❤️❤️❤️
So raw! so real. Thank you for sharing will follow along.
Thank you so much! This is my first official comment and it touched my heart. Thank you ✨