07/08/2026
No one talks enough about the price women quietly pay for becoming mothers.
The interrupted careers.
The unfinished meals.
The forgotten dreams.
The bodies that changed.
The mental loads that never clocks out.
Somehow, she is still expected to feel grateful every second.
Sometimes, you look at your children and you feel so grateful, then quietly wonder where the "old you" went.
The woman who had more time, more energy, more dreams that belonged only to her.
You love being their mother.
But some days, you miss being yourself without feeling guilty for it.
And maybe that is the part mothers rarely say out loud.
You can be thankful for motherhood and still grieve the pieces of yourself you had to put on hold.
Motherhood should add more meaning to her life, not erase the woman living it.
