Parenting Tips: Find Alone Time
Being a mom is filled with many joys but it is also filled with many struggles. It can be easy to think you are the only one that thinks or feels something. It can be helpful to know that you are not alone in your struggle. That other moms have struggled with the same thing and found victory. Today I want to talk about one struggle that is common to moms.
Alone time
When you are a mom it can be difficult to have a moment alone, undisturbed. I recently had a procedure done at the hospital. It involved an IV and sedation. As they were prepping me for this time of sedation my husband told me to go to my happy place, which for me happens to be the beach. So he says, “Just you and me at the beach!” As I’m being rolled into the procedure room I realize that it would be lovely to just go to the beach alone. So that is what I was thinking about when I fell asleep. When I woke up I was giggling that I had gone to the beach alone and no one wanted anything from me.
This is not a reflection on my husband who is quite honestly my best friend. We do most everything together. I love him and enjoy being with him. But really the demands of motherhood are huge. I am very rarely alone and when I am, I am not quite sure what to do.
I recently ran into a friend at the store and we both agreed that alone time is an issue for many moms. We love our spouse and children and yet long for a few moments of alone time.
Alone to walk the aisles of the grocery store.
Alone to take a shower.
Alone to go to the bathroom.
Alone to get dressed!
This is a struggle for most moms.
You are not the only one dealing with these feelings and thoughts. It does not make you a bad mom because you want to be away from your children. It makes you a good mom to recognize how you are feeling and find a way to give yourself the needed break to refresh yourself for the demands of motherhood. If you need alone time in the midst of the chaos find a babysitter or a mom’s day out and take advantage of every moment you are alone to refresh and reenergize so you can reengage with your family.
I want to encourage you to embrace the busy moments of being a mother and realize that in time you will have those alone times and then you will long for those busy moments again.
Life happens in seasons. Enjoy each season for what it is.
You can find more Parenting Tips in my book, Intentional Motherhood. I have learned a lot in my mothering journey and I would love to help you be a mother with purpose and intention.
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