05/23/2024
Can we be real for a min? It’s 1:29 on Wednesday and I’m winding down from “book club” … real moms know ♥️🫠🍷
I’m exhausted. Exhausted from end of year shenanigans, social obligations, catching up from several weeks of necessary (and) fun travel. Work Work that I love but feel pulled away from at every turn. Work that, to be frank, isn’t an option for our family. We love to do all the things and as we all know, fun isn’t cheap. I, like a lot of people, turn to social media to wind down. (As a shadow.) I like it here. It’s quiet. (Not many places in my life are.) But I feel pressured to participate for the sake of my business (that I truly love and have invested so much of my heart and soul into) … it feels like we’re at a crossroads where a platform we have used to share personal milestones and memories has become a place where, as a small business owner, you either prosper or flounder and I’m at a place where I can’t afford to do either and thus I just stall. Who can relate?!
I’m sharing this particular image because this photo was taken by my husband last night of our youngest about 30mins after he had been put to bed. His door was shut and sound machine on but we saw his overhead light turned on thru the cracks. He had turned his light on, put on his own Pokémon hat and laid his Xmas music box by his ear to fall asleep to the sound of carols over white noise. I teared up at the sight because 1) how is this my YOUNGEST baby and 2) how is he so.damn.cute.
I was rejuvenated tonight because I KNOW how important my job is. I know that this photo will forever remind me of not only how little he was, but also, the bedtime routine that got us here.
I know that every weekend I spend watching my kids do something they love is a weekend well-spent. It doesn’t need to be curated, it just needs to be done. Pretty pictures shared in stories; lyfe pics shared here. The real stores are in-between, right?
