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🙋🏼‍♀️At SouthAustinMoms.com and @thelocalmomsnetwork we talk a lot about self-care for moms but I’m honestly not very good at practicing it myself- I feel like I need permission, but I’m calling that lie and choosing to care for my heart. .
💔My heart is tender this holiday season. At this time a year ago we were facing a lot of lasts and unknowns which soon became knowns that led to a cycle of grief and forgiving that has been on repeat all year long. While the holidays are so full of joy because of the eternal significance of what we are celebrating, they also have a way of reminding us what we have lost. The 10 year anniversary of the loss of our precious baby is approaching unbearably quickly. She’s always on my mind- maybe it’s the anniversary coming up, my children growing so fast or grief compounding grief- but this year the loss feels acute and fresh. .
🌊Why do I feel the need to put this out there? I don’t really know. Maybe you’re feeling guilty for grieving right now. Maybe you’re feeling alone in it. Maybe I need to know, and you need to know that it’s ok- more than ok- to lay down expectations of yourself, and the expectations you think others have of you, to nurse your heart and give it space to feel and heal. Grief is unpredictable, the way it ebbs and flows and you never know when a large swell will come and cause your heart to feel like it is going to burst. I’m in a swell this year and need space wake up and be sad and lay aside the plan to write a blog post or other agenda I had for that day.
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Perhaps you need to make space for your heart as well, or to reach out to that friend who lost a baby or a parent or went through a divorce or other loss this year.
Let’s extend grace and speak permission to one another to grieve amidst the joy. Doesn’t grief make joy that much sweeter? .
Grace to you, mommas 💗
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