5/24 - Motherhood, Loss, & Letting Go
Motherhood, Loss, & Letting Go: The Quiet Grief No One Talks About Motherhood is often described as a season of gaining. You gain a child. You gain a new identity. As your child grows, you gain first words, first steps, bedtime routines, inside jokes, sticky hands reaching for yours, and moments that somehow feel both ordinary and sacred. But hidden beneath the beauty of motherhood is something we do not talk about nearly enough: Motherhood is a journey of continual letting go. And every act of letting go carries its own form of loss. Losses can range from the simple things, such as not having to help your children get dressed anymore, or them not wanting a bedtime story or a snuggle with you to much bigger things such as when your sons start dating and you are no longer the most important woman in their lives. Or when your children start driving and you no longer need to cart them around. It's a loss of dependence that we celebrate and grieve all at t...
