Are you scrolling through your social media feed and seeing how people are organizing their homes, putting together a hundred care packages for the elderly, setting up elaborate crafts for their kids, and working out as if their life depended on it?
Are you overwhelmed when you watch TV and messages of donating blood, giving money to different causes, and reminders to buy gift certificates to your local restaurants to keep them going through the pandemic flash in your face?
I know I am
This isn’t the time to wear yourself down more than you already are
There's no prize for Best Quarantine Mom. Some people thrive and will do epic things during this time, which is great for them, but if all you can do is get out of bed and make sure your kids are fed and alive, that is more than OK.
As moms, we have a tendency to think of everyone else, overdeliver, and think about how we can help at all costs. We want to make sure everyone is OK before we look in the mirror and ask ourselves how we are doing — and that’s on a regular day, when there aren't quarantines across the nation and we have no idea when life is going to resume again.
So please, don’t beat yourself up during this or criticize yourself for only doing what you can do that day. Some days that will look like cleaning your bathroom, and some it will look like checking in on your parents and having some groceries delivered to them. And other days, it'll look like sitting in your pajamas and doing nothing but feeding the kids and scrolling your phone. And it is all enough.
It is enough. It is enough. It is enough.
