Motherhood healed parts of me

 Motherhood healed parts of me

Parts I didn’t even know needed healing

It softened my edges
Taught me patience
Gave me purpose
And showed me what unconditional love feels like

But it also exposed parts I never knew were broken
The parts that flinch when things get loud
The parts that shut down when I feel out of control
The parts that never learned what it meant to be nurtured
Or seen
Or safe

Becoming a mother brought it all to the surface
The beauty
The pain
The unhealed pieces of the little girl I used to be

It’s not just diapers and late nights
It’s mirror work
It’s triggers
It’s realizing that the way I speak to my child
Is the way I wish someone had spoken to me

It’s rewriting the story
So it ends differently for them
Even while it still hurts for me

This journey is deep
It’s sacred
And it’s not always soft

But it’s worth every layer I’ve had to peel back
To become who I needed
For them
And for me