To the mom’s (persons) who are exhausted....I see you

We hadn’t even taken off yet and she already looked completely exhausted.

I was in my seat flying Southwest heading back to Milwaukee from visiting one of my favorites, Denver. There was a young couple coming down the aisle heading towards the back of the plane where I was, with a small child in tow. She found a seat to the right of me just a seat up and he got a seat across from her two seats ahead of mine. Buckled into our seats, we hadn’t even taken off yet and the struggle was real for them. They were tired, so tired. Passing the child back and forth trying to slow his wiggles.

As the plane ride went on for the 90 minute flight, I watched as dad took over taking little man for run way walks down the aisle. Mom is rubbing her temples. The flight attendant in the back was absolutely amazing, allowing them to hang in the back by him and the attendant even got little man some extra snacks. After this year, it was amazing to see that kindness continues.

As dad and little man entertained the back of the plane with his waving, I couldn’t help but notice that mom was trying to make the best of the time to “herself”, kinda. At any moment I knew she knew that little man could come reaching for momma. She grabbed some lunch meat, lettuce and a pita and threw it in her mouth, trying to get herself some much needed nourishment. As she was getting some nourishment I couldn’t help but notice she was flipping through a book.....she was browsing through her child's book about colors or maybe it was shapes. I found it so interesting as she bit into another piece of lunch meat, browsing through the book, it seemed she was trying to find some sort of normalcy. Pretending that the children’s book maybe was a People Magazine or Star Magazine (ok maybe not the Star magazine, side note: my mom loves that magazine ha! She keeps me up to date on all the celebrities doings). But seriously, I felt for her, the mom, so deeply. In my eyes she was a pilar of strength and a Goddess. She amazed me and she didn’t even know.

I can’t relate to this as I do not have children of my own but I can relate to being exhausted and needing to take time to for YOU.

I feel like this is something I keep speaking about but I don’t care. It’s so deeply important. 

Whether you are a mom, a woman, daughter, a man, black, white, gay, trans, a HUMAN... it is imperative you find time to recharge and nourish mind & body.

Baby steps. Schedule that precious time.

One last thing, it’s perfectly OK to rest. To do nothing. We live in a society of Doing and I want to give you permission to do nothing, as that is a form of self love and rejuvenation in itself.

Be well my friends. Take good care of yourself.

I am here to support you on your journey if you desire that assistance.

All my Love & Support,

Theresa

Empower|Mindset|Resilience