There is no alone in motherhood

There is no “alone” in “motherhood”. ⠀

Sometimes you cannot relate to another mother’s experience and in that moment you can sometimes feel alone. ⠀

“Why don’t they feel the same way?”⠀

“Am I the only one who feels like this?”⠀

“What do they do that I don’t?”⠀

No-one likes feeling alone, but know that you are not. ⠀

The inability to relate to one mother’s overall experience with motherhood doesn’t mean you won’t with another.⠀

The inability to relate to one mother’s first stage of motherhood doesn’t mean that you won’t with their second. ⠀⠀

And that’s the thing about motherhood. ⠀

While individually our journeys are different, collectively we travel to the same destination: The pursuit of a happiness, for ourselves, our children and our family. ⠀

And as you travel in that one way direction, the traffic is always heavy. The sheer numbers alone mean that there will always be someone else going through or who has gone through what you are. ⠀

You may meet them in your travels, you may never.⠀

You might read their story, you may listen to their podcast or you may watch their online videos while travelling. ⠀

But they are out there in the traffic with you with you now, or have been out there before.

So whether you are enjoying every moment, struggling to see the light, or somewhere in between, your experience is not yours to feel alone in and sometimes just knowing that is pretty powerful. ⠀