The mom Life is TUFF

Being a MOM is the hardest job I have ever had! When your children are little you just want to protect them and it is a little easier to do that when they are little. Everyone is friends with everyone and everyone makes the team and great plays. As they get older not everyone wants to be their friend, they don't make everything they try out for, they don't make great plays and sometimes school is just hard.  Through these trials, they learn to adapt, get a little tougher skinned and as a mom you squeeze them a little tighter, kissed them a little more and gave them a pep talk to make them feel better. It still pulls on your heartstrings and breaks your heart a little more each time. Even as your children grow into young adults, you want want to protect them from heartbreak, failure and disappointment but you can't. I think, as a mom, it hurts worse to try to comfort young adults, it breaks your heart even more and you try to be strong for them but you cry your eyes out in private.

It breaks my heart to see my kids hurt and not be able to 'fix' it for them. I know these trials will make them stronger and a better person but it is hard to watch them go through. I put on my proud mom face and give them the best pep talk I can and secretly fall apart inside. Not only is it a life lesson for them but a life lesson for me. I don't think it will ever get easier. But I know as long as we have each other we will make it through whatever trials we may face. The hurt along the way just makes us stronger for the next one. The pain never gets easy but seeing my kids push through and accomplish great things makes it a little more forgetful.

Take chances in life, don't be afraid, follow your heart your dreams and when you fall pick yourself up, dust yourself off and try again.