Motherhood has taught me:

1. It is not social media!

2. It is not doing it by yourself.

3. It is not always “mom guilt”.

4. It is not being a Wonder Woman but learning to be a Proverbs 31 woman.

Instead of social media, it is about learning and sharing what you have learned. You are sharing hacks about how to cook, how to entertain kids without dumbing down things, and so much more.

It is about building communities instead of being by yourself or being the Lone Ranger. There is so much information about how to raise kids, be a good mom, or fight for what is yours. Rather than figuring it out all by yourself the hard way, the long way, find communities that have the things you value and the ideals you have and join them. There are on YouTube, Facebook, churches, mosques, soccer fields, homeschool groups, and so much more.

Could mom guilt be something that makes us better? I fight any mom’s guilt that I get, but is it possible that there could be some truth to it and thus help us be better moms? Let us talk about it in a separate post.

In my few years as a mother, my journey has been about a lot of learning. I have come to pray that God please help me during each season of growth for each of my kids. I am trying to figure out what to do and want to get everything right!

The one constant I have seen in a book filled with age-old wisdom (The Bible) is that mothers who were present in the lives of their children (the kings in the Bible); their children were good kings. For the kings who feared God, their mothers' names were listed. I learned here their mothers were present in the lives of their kids.

So, this year, 2024, and in this season, I am praying again: Dear God, help me be present! in words, in mind, in work, in this season.

I do not want to just celebrate another year as a mom, and my mind is somewhere else. In all my getting, please help me get wisdom—Proverbs 4:7!

I will pray for you, what I am praying for me. I wish you lots of wisdom for this season and the ability to be present.

Hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day!