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Happy Mother's Day

  • Writer: Jepera Padilla
    Jepera Padilla
  • May 7, 2022
  • 3 min read

Just want to acknowledge and thank mothers today whether spiritual, natural or through birth. The process from the beginning, to the end, is a challenge. From the morning sickness, labor pains, terrible two's, threes, and fours talking back teenagers and know it all adulting, mothers are there.


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Over the past week, my heart was so heavy for women especially those who did most of the in-between with no help. With help, it is hard and without help, it's even harder. As I meditated on my time as a mom I remember finding so much joy in seeing my children learn and grow. Yet I felt that I didn't have much time for myself to just be vulnerable. There was no time to cry or to feel sad I had to keep going.



My life consisted of working, making sure children were thriving, and then repeating it day in and day out. The lie was that if you break down you will never get back up so you have to have it all together and smile while you are doing it. There was no sense in being vulnerable and soft because it wasn't going to get the job done. This is something that I lived by I couldn't be vulnerable with my husband and then there were times when I didn't want to talk to other mothers.


Don't get me wrong, motherhood is one of the most amazing experiences, I've had in my life so as I share never mistake my words for regret. These words are just from a place of vulnerability as in the past years even though not a single mom I've been able to experience firsthand how single moms feel.


Almost five years ago, I became a mom, and my life has never been the same. See, I thought I knew it all because I had babysat my sisters' kids, and neighbors, and even babysit for a job. Those seemed to be easy the kids would listen, and for the most part, they loved when I came over and I'd enjoyed them just as much. Yet I got my own kids and suddenly I felt like I couldn't do anything right.


Now I was making decisions about speech therapists, surgeries, schools, savings, and so many other decisions. I began to feel this burden way on me. I felt like was it just because I was a black woman I was expected to be a strong woman, and take care of the kids, all while working and building a legacy. That I was never supposed to look weak or show that the pressures of life sometimes felt like too much for me to carry. This was not a black women's thing but a mom's thing.


Yet God's word says, "Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken." -Psalms 55:22 And that was just what I did I told my heavenly father just how I was feeling and in turn, I was able to share with my loved ones. This did not solve everything but it made going through much more bearable. I wanted to share this today in hopes that I can encourage other moms to share and be vulnerable without feeling guilty.


My hope is that making sure we acknowledge how we are feeling is just important as overcoming. So, on this mothers day, I want to encourage us to celebrate all mothers but also I want us to reflect on the ups and downs of motherhood and give ourselves permission to heal and be vulnerable all while being amazingly beautiful mothers.


Happy Mothers Day!!

 
 
 

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