It’s ok to Just Love
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An Eccentric Housewife
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In parenting, each stage comes with new things to learn, things to adjust, things to let go, new opportunities, etc.
Sometimes, it’s overwhelming being in so many seasons with so many people and trying to remember or to learn what to do with each person in the season I am in with them, especially while in the process of healing and being emotionally impulsive.
When things happen with littles we do our best to get all the details and to do what we can to help them.
When they are grown, it’s not always our place to know all the details and it’s not always for us to fix everything, no matter how much we want to.
Learning to stand back, to not take anything personally, because it isn’t about us, to give space, and respect privacy, stretches us and forces us to loosen our white knuckled grip. It requires us to leave our introspection behind and focus on the needs of another person.
It helps to work towards that letting go, gradually, mamas. To see our children as whole beings who are constantly growing and becoming.
In those moments when we only have our instincts and observations, our only duty is to love. Not to pry. Not to advise. Not to meddle. Instead, to be respectfully present. To speak love the way our children receive it best.