Take it Easy Momma

The permission slip to grieve that I didn’t know I was desperate for

If you’ve ever lost someone or something that cracked your world in two, you know the exact moment you start to hear the whispers. “Stay strong.” “They wouldn’t want you to cry.” “At least they’re not in pain anymore.”

And if you’re like me, those whispers don’t feel like comfort. They feel like a door slamming shut on your pain.

That’s why Megan Devine’s It’s OK That You’re Not OK isn’t just a book. It’s a life raft.

Devine writes as someone who has been through the inferno: after the tragic drowning of her husband, she was handed the same hollow platitudes we all are. But instead of repeating them, she does something revolutionary. She looks you in the eye and says, “You are not crazy. You are not broken. You are grieving.”

What makes this review “heart-warming” isn’t that the book is full of rainbows or silver linings it isn’t. What warms your heart is the radical, aching permission she gives you to stop performing wellness.

For anyone who has ever felt like a burden because they were still sad “too long,” Devine’s voice is a hug. She explains why trying to “find the gift” in your loss is actually cruel. She validates the rage, the fog, the forgetting to eat, the pretending to be fine at the grocery store. She offers practical, gentle tools not to “fix” you, but to help you carry what cannot be put down.

I found myself sobbing on page 12, not because I was sad, but because I felt seen for the first time since my own loss. She doesn’t ask you to move on. She asks you to learn how to move with your grief.

This book is for:

The friend who is tired of pretending they’re “over it.”

The person who hides in the bathroom at parties because small talk feels like violence.

Anyone who has been told “look on the bright side” and wanted to throw something.

And the people who love them because Devine also writes the best chapter on what to actually say to a grieving friend. (Spoiler: “I don’t know what to say, but I’m here” is perfect.)

By the final page, you won’t feel cured. But you will feel less alone. And in the wreckage of loss, feeling less alone is the warmest, most human gift there is.

It’s OK That You’re Not OK won’t fix your broken heart. But it will sit beside you in the dark, hold your hand, and remind you that you are allowed to be exactly where you are.

And sometimes, that’s everything.

No filter for Mommas

❤️🌸 Behind every strong family is a Momma doing a hundred things no one even notices.

From sleepless nights to endless multitasking, from caring for everyone else before herself… Mommas somehow keep everything together. 🥺

This Mother’s Day, celebrate the women who carry the weight of the world with love, patience, and strength every single day.

Superheroes don’t always wear capes.

Sometimes they wear tired eyes and still smile anyway. 💖

Happy Mother’s Day to every amazing Mommas out there 🌷

This is MOMMAHOOD — honest, 🥹exhausting, and deeply beautiful.
No perfect image. No polished moments. Just a weary mother pouring every ounce of herself into the little life beside her, even through sleepless nights.

Her body is tired. Her mind longs for rest. Yet she still wakes, still comforts, still gives… because her baby needs her more than anything else in that moment.

It’s more than feeding a child. It’s warmth. Safety. Bonding. A quiet kind of love that asks for everything and still gives even more in return.

Behind every calm, sleeping baby is a mother carrying fatigue with grace, holding on to moments she knows won’t last forever. 💖

Happy Mothers Day to all great and amazing Mommas 💖

Design your dream Momma 🌸💝