When you were sleeping ...

Motherhood happens in so many moments.

Do you ever think about how much of your mother's life was lived while you were sleeping?

Her late night worries. Her early morning resolve.

The shower she meant to get to all day. The tears she held back even longer.

The dishes or packed lunches that were magically taken care of.

Picking up. Folding. List making. Researching.

Her love life, if she had anything left by then.

Glasses of wine. The TV show you weren't allowed to watch. The ice cream she said you didn't have.

Wondering if she was doing anything right. The guilt.

Her skin care routine.

Books.

Music only she loved.

You were her whole world no matter the time, but for just a little while she lived her life without you.

You won't know until your own children are sleeping. Then you'll know that your mother lived a life you knew nothing about 💕