Mama Moment | I Am Tired
OMGosh!
Summer break has me feelin' TIRED!!
From moving, getting settled, being home alone during the week with two kiddos from 6 AM till 7 PM at night, taking the kiddos everywhere and hoping they don't fight or have any meltdowns...
To this past week of registering the kiddos for school, getting uniforms and school supplies ready and then celebrating Cs 9th birthday (that fell on Coast Guard day this year!) with skating rink and sleepover fun that ended on the 14th anniversary of my marriage...
I AM TIRED!!!
So today...today marks the last 3 days of summer break...and today...I finally snuck away to meditate!
I could tell I needed to do this ASAP!
I was getting very snappy with the kids this morning (even if they made the cutest, tiniest noise, too!) which I knew was stemming from me being sleep deprived (I didn't get much sleep the night before with four, 9-year-old, girls in the house!).
So getting away for a few minutes (the kids let me get a full 20 minutes in...yay!!) to crawl under the covers and pillows to listen to Deepak Chopra and Oprah's meditation was just what I needed!
I remember the days when mediating was SO hard for me because I was trying SO hard to calm the thoughts in my head.
Now it's SO easy for me because now I don't mediate with the intention to calm my mind anymore.
I now meditate with the intention to still my body and to replenish it with the deep sleep and stillness that I was deprived of the night before (yes...I'm still one sleep deprived mom!).
And it IS AMAZING at doing just that!
It's also amazing at making me feel like I'm getting the most nourishing, comforting hug while I'm all snuggled up in bed under the covers and pillows without any light or sound from the outside world, too! #sohealing!!
I still feel tired, but not as tired as I was before doing it.
Which, now I know, is ALWAYS showing me that it's a must that I do it daily (which is hard when the kiddos are home with me all day long!).
Ahhhhh...thank you kiddos for staying content while I snuck away to nourish my body, mind and soul.
Now, I won't be as snappy! Yay!
Mediation...it does that to ya! ;)
Until next time...
This IS calm! This IS joy! This IS love! This IS rest! This IS mom life!
Creativity calms...creativity ignites JOY and creativity slows you down so you savor everything you LOVE in your life.
Who you are is what you love!
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