05/11/2026
Tonight I finally found a quiet moment to sit down and guilty scroll after a long day of mom-ing. Multiple soccer games, beautiful weather — hallelujah ☀️
I FaceTimed my mom today, who lives too far away, and somehow distance has grown our relationship in such a tender way. But I still wish she were here for all of these moments… the moments her mom, my grandmother, never got to see because she left this earth far too early.
And my mother-in-law — my fellow Cancer mama 🦀♋️ — has been such an angel on earth to me. The kind of woman who quietly shows up, holds everyone together, and mothers far beyond what is expected.
And to my favorite person, my sister-in-law Roxy… happy Mother’s Day. You have truly seen me and held me through every tide on this giant wave of motherhood. How lucky are we to be raising our daughters, little besties together 🥹
I guess I needed to get that little rant out because Mother’s Day doesn’t magically pause all of our maternal assignments. The laundry still waits. The dishes still pile up. The toddlers still need snacks. The teens still need rides. The babies still wake in the night.
But maybe Mother’s Day is really meant to be a pause. A day where the people we love reflect back to us just how much we carry. The gifts are nice. The flowers are beautiful. The extra hugs and kisses are even better.
But what gets me most is the reminiscing. Looking at them and remembering the babies they once were… while trying to fully hold the version of them standing in front of us now. Slowing down enough to really feel the hugs that slowly disappear during the teen years. Wanting to hold on just a little bit longer before the tides change again.
Motherhood is beautiful, heartbreaking, exhausting, healing, loud, sacred, and ever-changing all at once.
So tonight, I hope all the moms are snuggled up with their babies — whether those babies are tiny, grown, or somewhere in between — savoring this moment before Monday morning rolls in and routines begin again.
I see you. I appreciate you. And I know how much of yourself you give every single day to the people you love. 🤍🌊
Happy Mother’s Day, mamas.
Rest • heal • bloom 🌙
