Missy Peregrym Instagram – All these books are for Otis… I opened them to read for the first time and cried over the much needed reminders for myself. Having a child is much harder than I thought, for reasons I didn’t anticipate. I am constantly reminded of my shortcomings and how sensitive I really am. All my survival tricks I learned along the way don’t cut it anymore. I cannot “do it all”… and actually, I don’t want to. Of course, my natural goal is to be the best mom, wife and woman. And then I have to quietly remind myself what that looks like. That it’s showing up even though I’m really tired and impatient and sad and ALL the feelings I am forced to reckon with… and then discuss it. Being the “best” is being open and available to grow, NOT handling everything perfectly. I’m annoyed even typing this because I knoowwwwwwww this but I have to constantly choose the truth. Anyways. This weekend, I pray you are able to connect in a meaningful way with your family as a lot of us were unable to physically be together.