I once had a conversation with a woman about motherhood and although we didn’t see eye to eye on motherhood’s definition; the woman said something to me that I’ll never forget.
She said, “it’s a mother’s right to choose to be whatever mother she wants to be to her children.” In that moment I didn’t agree. I mean, a “good mother,” should be standard all across the board, right?
I believe that a mother does in fact get to choose how she loves her children but in the same sense, that mother has to understand that her choices have consequences—beautiful or ugly.
So as for me and my children, I choose to listen to them, love them the way they need to be loved, be kind to them, inspire them, nurture all their gifts, pray for them and most importantly, I choose to always take care of myself first. Because a good mother understands that her kids don’t want a perfect mom, they want a healthy and happy mom.❤️
