Do You Feel Like The Worst Mom Ever?

Rachel at Finding Joy understand mommy guilt. She understands the sinking feeling that you're getting it all wrong. The feeling that the whole day has been an epic fail is a heavy one.

With that in mind, here's some grace for the heavy days, the days when you're certain that you're the worst mom ever.

I hate that feeling.

Can we just all breathe a collective motherhood sigh and come to an agreement that there are points in the journey where we want to throw our hands in the air and cry that we feel like the worst mom ever?

Because the truth is that we all will have that moment. Sometimes it will be for big mistakes and sometimes for little mistakes and sometimes we’ll have it simply for reasons that we cannot even identify. Motherhood, while full of awesome and incredible moments, is also full of times of overwhelm, loss, confusion, and moments where one simply feels like they’re just not cut out for this journey.

If this were a social media post, I'd be clicking “like” right now. Her words resonate with me so much!

You know what? We want to bless our kids. We want to be present.

And sometimes, well sometimes, life just gets us so busy that we have to do hard things that make us feel like we’re simply failing as moms. It’s not failing when we try. It’s not failing when we fight. It’s not failing when we message our friends that are dear and say that we feel like we’re not doing well.

That’s not failing.

Failing would be rolling over in the morning and deciding that we’re done.

Thank goodness. We're not failing. Actually, we are totally rocking it and our kids… they're resilient and besides that, they're doing just fine.

Sometimes we’re so hard on ourselves. Wait. Sometimes I’m too hard on myself. I start to look at my own motherhood journey and I get caught in this cycle of it’s not fair or wishing I could do more be more achieve more and I end up dismissing everything I do as a mom.

I am so guilty of this. I've always been my own worst critic and the trait has just amplified with motherhood.

I have to remind myself to stop trying to be perfect because I'm already perfect in my kids' eyes and they're the only ones that matter anyway.

And give yourself grace in the midst.

For those feeling like I’m the worst mom ever days I tell you that you’re not.

You’re real. Imperfect. Wonderful.

Not the worst mom.

A real life giving pushed to her limits but still fighting mother.

Now we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief and let the grace pour in. Need more encouragement? Check out Rachel's entire article for the days when you feel like the worst. Then share some encouragement for other moms in the comment section.