Do you ever feel like a failure? Failure as a wife? Failure as a mom? I know how you feel, because I feel like that too, on occasion. It’s not a good feeling. Many times, we often feel like a failure, no matter what we do. We don’t have to be a mom or a wife to feel like a failure. There are fathers and husbands who feel like it, too. There are other people who, in their jobs may feel like a failure, sometimes. It doesn’t mean we are a failure though. Sure, we may fail sometimes, or just not do as well as we hope, but we are not failures. We are just learning as we go. We are always learning something in life. We are always being taught, whether we think it or not.
Life is filled with many lessons. We haven’t even scraped the surface, I’m sure. We have so many things to learn. Not just in being a parent, although that is a very important one, but in everything. What are you learning now? Are you a student striving to get that diploma? You learn many things in your classes, in your studies; at least I hope you learn what you read and study in class! Are you a lawyer or a nurse? They are always learning things also; my point is, we never stop learning no matter what occupation we are in. There will always be something for us to learn.
As a mother, there are things that I am constantly learning. It is not always easy to be a mom, even to a newborn. Everyone thinks that newborns are easy because they sleep all the time! Which is mostly true. But when they sleep, you need to make sure that their breathing isn’t being blocked by anything, and that they can still breathe, Sometimes my daughter will only sleep on me, while I’m holding her. I will try to put her down, and she’ll immediately wake up and not be happy. I will pick her back up, and she will, again, immediately go back to sleep like I never laid her down in the first place.
The hard parts of being a mother is sometimes just letting your house be a mess. You may be thinking, “What?!?! I hate my house being a mess!! It has to be spotless!!” Well, if you’re like that, than being a mom will definitely be difficult for you! Because even before I was a mom, I know how it is when you have children. It is very rare that you have a clean house, and when it is mostly clean, it doesn’t last very long.
When you’re a mom, sometimes you just ignore the mess in your house, and just hold your precious baby! Just look at your baby! God gave you that baby! You grew that baby inside you, and you brought that baby into the world! That baby is a blessing!! They won’t be that little for long! Even though they may keep us up at night a lot, treasure those moments with your child! Again, they won’t be that little for long and you will be begging for them to be that little again, so you can just hold them and love on them. When they get bigger, teenagers don’t quite let you hold them anymore. Children are a blessing and a gift from God! Treasure them!
Don’t feel like a failure! Everyone has those feelings, but everyone is always learning something new with every child, even if they have quite a few. Every child is different, which means the parents have new things to learn with every individual child. No, it is not a bad thing, everyone is different. God made us all different! God made us all special!
Don’t feel like a failure, don’t give up. If you fall down, get back up! Don’t stay down! You aren’t alone! If you feel alone, pray first! Talk to God, then maybe give someone a text or a call; talk to your husband, or your mom or your dad! They’ve been through it, they have experience, they can at least give you advice, or just say that it will be okay, and that you’re doing a great job! Which I’m sure that you are! But don’t give up!
Moms, don’t give up! It just popped in my head that in about a month, it will be Mother’s Day! It will be my first one to celebrate it as a mom! It will be different for me, but I am also excited! Just the fact that I am a mom! God has blessed so much with the family He has given me! With my parents and my siblings, and now my own little family! My husband and my little girl! They are all blessings in my life! We haven’t always gotten along, but we are always there for each other, when and if we can! I am so thankful for every one of them! Especially my mom and dad!
If my mom and dad had given up, if they had given up on me…who knows where I’d be, what I’d be doing… I am so thankful for my parents and to my parents for not giving up on me. I know I probably haven’t been the best daughter at times, but they still loved me and they didn’t give up on me. Thank you so much, Mom and Dad!
There are so many people out there who don’t have parents, or they don’t know who their parents are, or those who have broken homes. My heart breaks for those people, I wish I could help every one of them. If I was rich, I would get a big house, or as others would call it, a mansion or a castle, and I would take every one and take them in and take care of them and give them a home. I would do it in a heartbeat, There are so many kids in the foster care system. Who is helping them? Yes, the foster care system is fine, in most cases, but those children – they still needs homes. They want homes. They want someone to want them and to love them. What are we doing about them?
Okay, so this blog post has gone a little off track from where I was planning, but what I still mean what I say. I would take all those children in and take care of them if I could.
I will end my blog post with this, no matter what, don’t give up! Don’t give up you as a parent, or whatever your occupation may be, and don’t give up on your children! They will make mistakes, but love them! And tell them that you love them! We may show it in our actions, but our children still need to hear the words. Even as babies, as newborns, they need to hear it! I still tell my little girl who is six weeks old, that I love her! She may not know what it means, but she will know that I love her! That little girl in the picture below depends on me and her daddy! We will not let her down, we will do our very best not to, anyway! When you have a baby, your whole life changes! In a good way, but your whole life changes! Don’t give up!
If there is anything that you need, or want me to pray about it, let me know! I will pray for you! 
Adventures Of Motherhood 