05/10/2026
As a mother, a single mother, I'm feeling differently this Mother's Day, is anyone else feeling this way? I'm feeling rage instead of peace, I'm feeling wild instead of relaxed, I'm feeling misunderstood instead of content. I'm feeling like mothers and the actual fu***ng magic that is a woman, has been completely lost in the sea disconnection and unrealistic expectations in our society.
I became a mother almost 10 years ago at only 25 years old. I barely remember my daughter's birth because I had literally no idea what I was doing, but barreled through because the doctors and nurses told me to. They rushed me, they rushed my natural birthing process, they scared the s**t out of me and kept me in a room in the NICU for almost a week and kept me awake all through the day and night to nurse her when I couldn't keep my eyes open and I didn't understand what was going on while I was completely alone. I cried nonstop. I didn't recognize my body or the woman looking back at me in the mirror. I was told, this is giving birth. This is motherhood. This is what you have to push through, this is normal, you have to stay in the hospital, you can't leave.
I followed the systems set in place for me. I went back to work, she spent time with family and eventually went to preschool, then public school. We followed the rules every step of the way. We didn't step outside of lines and did what was expected of us...and I was met with crippling anxiety and depression from both myself and my daughter, every single step of the way.
F**k every single version of that and any story for any woman that sounds even remotely close to this. The systems that are set in place for us, thrive on our disconnection from our children and ourselves as women...they fu***ng count on it.
They count on it so we forget our power, our innate and natural power as co-creators of this world and every single human being who has been born into it. HOW WILD IS THAT?! That is the strength and pure POWER a woman holds, that we're forced into repressing to be able to survive and pay the bills in this society.
Don't give up your power, you're a fu***ng goddess that deserves to be celebrated every single day