In my years of motherhood
I’ve pick up on new things
Like no matter how many times I say no
No thank you
No thank you
No thank you

She hears yes
She hears try to feed mom more of it better yet grab her face and make her eat it!
If I say stop
Stop. No thank you
No thank no thank you.
She hears go because mom can’t catch me
Which it’s funny
Until we’re crossing the street and memories I don’t have of my childhood comes back to bite me because I was hit by a car at the age of 4
Kids follow the adult
Kids live by example
For the life of me my daughter can not understand why she doesn’t get to wear deodorant or have to shave
Yet
Yet
It’s impossible to tell my daughter not to scratch when she sees mommy doing it
Poor itchy skin
100 percent cotton
Oatmeal baths and aquaphor
before I knew what it was to be a woman you matured me
So I thank you
Outside of making my hustle harder
You’ve made me realize
How much I sound like my mother
How independence buds young
How what you say echoes
How you repeat what you hear before understanding what the hell it means like what bed bugs actually were meanwhile steady telling each other goodnight don’t let them bite

You made me realize I’m not bulletproof
How much you need me and I need you
How kisses fix boo boos
And hugs dry tears and make everything better
But there’s a not so nice part
I know you’ll tell me you hate me
I’ll explain why you are growing here there and are getting hair everywhere
But that’s the beauty of my motherhood
Not the strongest nor the only single one but I know I’m a **** good one
For the others out there on your grind you deserve all the cookies cakes and a nap
Take in how we make it happen
Take in how we make something out of nothing
Take it how we do it alone
The fight
struggle
Succeed
alone
but really go take a nap