As a mom

 As a mom you’re going to face so many moments where the word no is sitting right on the tip of your tongue.

You’re tired. You’re touched out. You just want a minute where no one needs anything from you.

But sometimes you pause
you breathe
and you say yes anyway.

Because you know these moments are slipping through your fingers.
Because one day they won’t ask you to play or sit with them or watch them do the same little dance for the tenth time.
Because even though it feels exhausting now, it’s also the magic you’ll miss later.

It’s not about being perfect.
It’s not about saying yes to everything.
It’s about knowing that these tiny requests are really invitations into their world.
Into their joy.
Into the memories they’ll carry with them forever.

So yes, some days you’ll still say no.
But on the days you can
the days your heart has room
you’ll say yes.
And those yeses become the soft places they grow from.