My two lives.
I have my "mommy life", which is the life I'm in most of the time. All day long, late at night, in the middle of the night, early mornings... I am a mommy. I clean, change diapers, wipe bottoms, make meals, clean up meals, do laundry, run errands, do activities, play, sing, dance....
I also have my "single life", which is the life I'm in here and there. In the evenings, once the girls are in bed, I'm free to go out and be a 24-year old single lady. <Thanks to my mother> :) I feel like I get to live the 20-something single life that I never had because I got married at 20.
For me, being single the second time is WAY better than being single the first time! I have a clearer view of who I am, what I want, and what's important. I am able to be completely, fully, 100% me.
But sometimes I'm worried that it might be a waste. Like I could be at home and reading something to better myself, cleaning, working out, or building my business instead of living a "single life"
I hope someday I wake up and KNOW that this "single life" was worth it, because I know the "mommy life" definitely is. :)
In my "single life" I don't escape being a "mom," and I would never want to. My single friends know that I'm a mom, and I think about my girls a lot when I'm away from them.
I'm a "single mom" to the fullest... and I'm blessed to be "single" and to be a "mom" and to fully fill both of those roles.
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1 day ago
Love it! I told your mom that it's awesome you have such a great support system in her that you are able to go out and find the person you need in life to be a partner with. I think you are an amazing person to be able to juggle both so naturally, and I think this "single" life will be short lived and well worth it when that person you truly deserve to be with comes along.
ReplyDeleteI bet single life now would be way better than 5 years ago. I would think there's probably way more fun things to do and you're taken more seriously at 25 than 20. I hope your single life journey turns out to be a good one, bc you deserve it. Robie was gone for one week and I thought I was going to pull my hair out being alone with jax, so I don't know how you do it with 2 kids! Also, I was laughing so hard at your comment bc I ALMOST put "my dog Lima" as the title of my post and I've been singing that song all day long. Haha. Good times.
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