💞 cringe + compassion: a retrospective mom guilt moment [OHT 045]
Fresh reflections that may shake something loose for you too.
Just listened to a call recording from early 2016 and it sparked some big feels over here.
Context: My husband was deployed, and I was in the thick of the fourth trimester, my second full month as a mom of two. My oldest was just four at the time (he's 11 now!), needing some emo support I didn't have the capacity to give.
Press play for my reflections from seven years (and one baby girl) later...
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