You can’t always count on me to text you back, but you can count on me giving it my darndest by mentally responding to your message 57 times.
You can’t always count on me to remember every grocery item we need, but you can count on me giving it my darndest by making a list, checking the list repeatedly, and then somehow still forgetting something essential anyway.
You can’t always count on me to be on time, but you can count on me to giving it my darndest by rushing all the people to the car, reminding them that they do, in fact, need two shoes, and asking exasperatedly, “Why can’t you poop before we need to leave?!”
You can’t always count on me to look my best, but you can count on me giving it my darndest by applying my make-up at stoplights and blow-drying my hair with the car vents.
You can’t always count on me to remember every appointment/deadline/school project, but you can count on me giving it my darndest by repeatedly entering them into my calendar and setting a gazillion phone reminders that inevitably get overlooked.
You can’t always count on me to call you back, but you can count on me giving it my darndest by thinking about you 2895 times throughout the week, hoping I’ll remember when a spare, quiet minute comes (a minute that rarely materializes).
You can’t always count on me to have a clean house, but you can count on me giving it my darndest by walking around behind my children sweeping up crumbs and wiping sticky faces and counters like it’s my paying job.
You can’t always count on me to know where things are — my keys, my phone (which will probably be on silent), any of it — but you can count on me giving it my darndest by ravaging the house, forcing anyone else who’s home to help me look, only to find the missing item(s) right there in my purse or somewhere truly ridiculous (like the refrigerator).
You can’t always count on me to have it all together, but you can always count on my giving it my darndest.
And that’s enough.
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Absolutely, the most important thing is that you gave it your all! Well done mama!
Thank you! That’s all anyone can do, that’s for sure. 🙂
Love this honesty!! And it’s so true, keep up the good work!!
Thank you for reading!
This speaks to me on so many levels. Both to give myself and others grace because we’re really all going through this at some point and need to remember we are all enough!
Yes –exactly. Honestly, I find it’s a lot easier to give another mom grace or the benefit of the doubt these days than it is to give it to myself — and that’s a problem. We’re ALL just doing the best we can!
Yes to all of this! Life often gets crazy and the things we want to do don’t always happen, but we sure try hard!!
Yes, exactly! I think every decent mom is just doing the best she can.