Just because I do it every day

 Just because I do it every day

Doesn’t mean I’m not tired
Doesn’t mean I don’t sometimes want to hide in the bathroom for five minutes of quiet
Doesn’t mean I don’t wonder if I’m doing any of it right

Yes, I show up
Yes, I make the meals
I clean the spills
I answer the questions
I carry the mental load so deep it’s hard to explain to anyone who’s not in it

But that doesn’t make it easy
That doesn’t mean it’s not overwhelming
That doesn’t mean I don’t lose my patience
Or cry when no one’s looking

This job
This role of being everything to these little people
It’s heavy
It’s sacred
And it’s hard

So if you’re doing it too
If you’re getting up every day and loving them the best you can
Even when your tank is empty
Even when no one claps
Even when it feels like no one sees

Just know this
I see you
And you’re not alone

You make hard things look ordinary
But they’re not
You’re doing something beautiful
Even when it doesn’t feel like it