Meredith Hagner

Meredith Hagner Instagram – Late last night when my stamina was tested along with my patience and along with the effectiveness of my “natural deodorant” (which-news flash: SUCKS)you put your little hand on my cheek and asked me in bed “will you be old one day” i said “yes honey, everyone gets old” .you started to cry and said “if you’re old one day I’ll be sad because you won’t be my mommy anymore”. I held your face back and assured you I’ll always be your mommy. And for that i feel so painfully lucky. i make sense to myself since becoming mommy.whatever winds blew me into the arms of this reality, this family, these kids-for those winds I’m the deepest, mushiest well of gratitude.I have so much love and respect for my own mother and my mother in law and my sister in laws and all the moms out there. It becomes so clear when becoming a mom how hard mostly everyone tries and how everyone is just doing the best they know how. So cheer each other on, dammit!This is an incredible time to be a parent because we are all healing our shit, but it’s also insane because everyone on Instagram is a parenting expert and turns out there’s a constant barrage of “the right way” to do everything. As someone who is constantly resorting to the hell of “being perfect” in every aspect of my life this can really take the fun out of the whole thing. So I’ve just doubled down on leading with love.For them, for me, for those around me. The one thing I know is we need to support mothers. be a person who offers a hand to a mother with a screaming child on an airplane .don’t be the dick who rolls their eyes. Be a kind employer and be humane. I think about the amazing women painfully trying to be a mother, and those who aren’t sure if they want to be. I feel for you. Happy Mother’s Day to all the nurturers out there.I love you | Posted on 12/May/2024 22:40:09