I’m Praying for You, Mama

Our society is so hard on moms. 

According to the world:  

You’re a bad mom if you don’t have your baby naturally.  

You’re a bad mom if you don’t breastfeed.  

You’re a bad mom if you vaccinate your kids, but you’re also a bad mom if you don’t vaccinate your kids.  

You’re a bad mom if you stay at home with your kids, but you’re also a bad mom if you go to work and send your kids to daycare.  

You’re a bad mom if you homeschool your kids and shelter them from the real world, but you’re also a bad mom if you send your kids to public school and expose them to the world.  

Well dang.  

I didn’t have a natural birth. I had an emergency c-section at 31 weeks because I had severe preeclampsia.  

I didn’t breastfeed my babies. My twins were born 9 weeks early and spent 6 weeks in the NICU with feeding tubes in their tiny stomachs. I tried pumping, but I couldn’t keep up so my babies were fed formula.  

I vaccinated my kids. My daughter didn’t have any issues with vaccines, but my son spent 3 days in the hospital with serum sickness and then struggled with an autoimmune disease.  

I stayed home with my kids until they went to school, then I started working again.  

My kids went to public school, but I’m also praying about homeschooling them in the future.  

Does all of that make me a bad mom? 

According to the world, I’m a terrible mom. 

But luckily, my goal isn’t to be a good mom in the eyes of the world. My goal is to be a godly mom in the eyes of the only one whose opinion actually matters – God himself.  

My goal is to love my kids fiercely – to study the Bible with them, to pray with them, to attend church with them, to raise them to be godly humans who make the world a brighter place.  

My journey may not look like yours, but that doesn’t make it wrong. Being a mom is hard. Maybe we should stop judging each other so much and start praying for each other more.  

To all the moms doing their best, I see you and I’m praying for you!