Oh, I resonate with this so deeply! Season shifts and needs change. Your kids are allowed to grow and so are you.

After becoming a mom, I realized there was no point in trying to fight to go back to the version of me prior to motherhood. And it’s been so much fun to just try to figure out who I was as a mom of one. And then a mom of two. And then a mom of a preschooler and a baby and then an elementary schooler and a toddler.

I mourn the end of seasons when things that were easy become harder.

I rejoice when the things that were harder get easier.

And each new step I find out more about myself and my capabilities and what I enjoy. I also fall more in love with my husband as we parent new versions of our kids.

And the biggest joy is watching my kids turn into the tiny humans that they are instead of sentient potatoes that need to be taken care of and finding new ways to enjoy time together as a family, especially when we can interact with other families.

It’s also lonelier. I don’t get to connect with other parents in the same way as before just because someone’s always talking or trying to yeet themselves off a playground. 😅

The good doesn’t last forever. And the hard doesn’t last forever.

I’m learning not to be afraid of change and I’m learning even more how wonderful it is that even though everything changes, God doesn’t.