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Bad Moment, Not Bad Mom
This post is a challenging one for me to write. Even though I am accustomed to wearing my heart on my sleeve in terms of what I share here, there are occasionally topics that I shy away from, for fear of being judged. But I decided to write this one after talking to two close family relatives, who both happened to express the same sentiment to me: “I feel/felt like a bad mom.” The reasons that they each shared were different, but the pain and doubt was the same. They both felt that, in that moment, they weren’t doing a “good enough” job as mother to their children. I often…


