The Lifelong Fight: Why This Mama (and You!) Can’t Quit

Do you ever want to:

Exit Stage Left?!?

cause there’s just so much you are battling! Like you’re trying to live, heal, and build something new – while caring for your family (and not trying to botch that up LOL).

You know we love talking about being the generational curse breaker as if that is a glamorous journey. It is straight up gritty!

There have been times I’ve wanted to quit and be done.

But then I be like:

Tighten up, your kids need you.

Then I’m like… okay I will fight til they all hit 18. Be done after that cause I poured and taught them all I could til’ they hit adulthood.

Then I’m like dang, I need to help them get through those early adult years. Make sure they don’t botch ish – you know how we nod our heads like we understand what we been taught – only to not implement, be distracted…and repeat the ish from the generation before.

So I do that then I’m done.

Then I’m like – No, I gotta help them when they are dating and get into marriage.

Okay, whew, once they married Imma be done.

Then I’m like I gotta help them when ish in that union gets cray.

Okay, after that I’m tappin out.

Then I’m like I gotta help them with they kids.

You know what! At this point, faith it!

Imma just go ahead and fight to the end!!! We all gotta win – I need to keep getting another wind from God himself to sustain me.

Strengthen me.

I’m excited to live to 120, but also be counting down to 2108. That’s when I plan to dissipate and head to the pearly gates!

To the women who keep getting up cause they got kids, grandkids, and great grandkids on their mind – I see you.

Sike. I don’t, but it sounds nice.

God sees you and that’s what matters.

Make sure you don’t isolate! Get yourself in safe communities (never get too comfortable tho, keep scanning for vulnerabilities) and get you some systems in place. I hope to be that for you here and to provide you tools/resources to support your motherhood journey (whatever the setup is).

Before I wrap up this post – remember to train your kids to be self sufficient and team oriented – they are capable! Sometimes, us mamas, can overly “baby” our kiddos which weakens them and puts too much of the lift on us. Let’s delegate within reason and empower them to level up.

Mini Rant: If you are grocery shopping with your kiddos (ages 3 and up) and they are not helping in some capacity – you are dropping the ball.

If they can do “pretend play grocery shopping” and place fake items on a kiddie conveyor belt, bag, and load groceries in a cart, etc – they can do that and more in the real world.

Mini Rant (Extended): When I grocery shop alone – I miss my kids being with me because they are so helpful. They (ages 4, 9, and 12) know not to be in the store arguing. One pushes the cart – they go and grab items, they load items, they put my cc in the card reader, interface with the cashier, they bag items, load the car, return the cart, carry and put away the groceries. In store, I’m there grabbing items and guiding them – with the bulk of the “hands on” effort on my kiddos.