Motherhood reshapes your daily life in ways no one fully prepares you for. Your time, energy, and focus shift toward caring for others, and somewhere in that process, your own identity can feel a little blurred. It is not that you disappear, but that your needs often move to the bottom of the list.
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As I walked out of my classroom door on the last day with students before winter break, it hit me like a tidal wave. The kind that comes out of nowhere, knocks the wind out of you, and leaves you standing there wondering how something invisible can feel so heavy. I was suddenly flooded with emotion, so much so that I didn’t even know where to begin processing it. All I knew was that I needed to make it to my car before the waterworks started.
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It’s about half an hour before the end of the workday. My brain is fried, my to-do list is laughing at me, and I’m just trying to wrap things up when, ding!, the first text rolls in.
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Mom on the go in Holy Toledo 