Momming 14.6.2019 06:00 am
How do we as mothers overcome our feelings of being unappreciated?
When everything seems so overwhelming and nothing we do seems right
There are seasons in life when our acts of service go unnoticed, when our kindness is accepted but not appreciated, when "thank you" and "I'm grateful" are phrases we hardly ever hear. In these seasons we feel a sense of meaninglessness - that who we are, and what we do doesn't have real value. Perhaps you're going through a season like this right now... Sometimes we wear a smile for the world. When in actual fact all we want to do is scream. Here I hope to offer a conversation for freedom from those feelings, so I invite you to journey along with me!
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