I’m such a hella cool mom…my kids think ‘no’ means ‘yes’ and ‘yes’ means ‘yes’.

Ya…so boundaries aren’t my jam. I’m working on it, but it’s a bit of a problem for me. I know the more I change my mind and the less consistent I am, the harder it is for me to say no and the harder it is for them to accept it. And they become relentless in their asking for things until I cave. This is on me not them.  And from here I jump down the rabbit hole of self-doubt and self-blame.  I continue to let them push me over and the worse I feel about myself.  Why am I feel so powerless to change?


“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”  – Maya Angelou


I feel that quote and I am working on it every day.  For so long I’ve been in survival mode, that it’s been hard to train and plan for situations I know are going to come up again. I give my kids the opportunity to learn from their mistakes, as that’s the beauty of making them.  We get an opportunity to do something different next time. So why when it comes to myself do I dismiss that advice?  I know better now.

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