Live in the Moment – Advice to Young Moms

Advice to young moms

Live in the moment. That’s the best advice I can give. Not because I did it so well, but because I lived there. Back then when we had our half-dozen in ten years, there were days I couldn’t wait until bedtime. I was tired and all I wanted to do was sleep.

Back in the day when laundry was a mile high and absolutely no child wanted to do chores, I wanted the world to stop and let me off. I wished for a maid and a babysitter so I could escape for a day and come back to a house that was clean and tidy and laundry caught up and dinner on the table. Yes, I was there. I remember when there was no energy left to live in any moment, let alone this moment.

Live in the moment

Capture the moments in your mind and in your heart. When you have energy, write them down – or preserve them on social media. Recognize that this, too, shall pass. Realize the day will come you’ll be saying to other moms, “Enjoy them now; they grow up so fast.” Because they do (grow up so fast). 

When you’re weary of the frustration, tired of being tired, and worn beyond the thinnest frazzle, live in the moment. You know how to do this. It happens when you memorize the face of your child and those long eyelashes; when you smile as your kids play together, when you inhale the beauty of your children’s laughter. Then, you are living in the moment.

In those times you enjoy the snuggles and cheer at success, when you give out hugs and dish out meals, you are living in the moment. When you look across the mess in the house and realize that soon you’ll miss the mess because they will be gone, you are living in the moment.

Don’t feel guilty for the times you want the world to stop and let you off. Recognize your weariness and go on. Allow yourself to be human and a tired mom.

Choose to look at and listen to your kids. Choose to live in the moment by entering into their world even when you are tired. Be present, every single day – that is how you live in the moment.