I picked him up, sat on the swing, and as he curled into me, I found myself wondering:

Can anger and love exist at the same time?

 

Let’s break it!

 

How many times have you had to drop the laundry, turn off the stove, leave food half-cooked, or rush out of the bathroom at the sound of your baby crying?

 

How often have you skipped your coffee or chai, or given up your evening nap because your child needed you more in that moment—choosing them over yourself, without a second thought?

 

Have you let your baby cry for a few extra seconds just to finish something, only to return to bloodshot eyes and tear-streaked cheeks—and feel that instant wave of guilt, wishing you had gone sooner?

 

Don’t hesitate to admit it.

We’ve all been there.

 

So, can anger and love exist at the same time?

 

Yes, they can—

because a mother’s love is vast enough to hold both. Even in your most overwhelmed moments, you are still showing up, with LOVE.

 

Guilt doesn’t make you a bad mother; it makes you human. Because before you became a mother, you were a person first.

 

It’s okay to want to scream, or to long for a moment of stillness—

a small pause from being needed all the time.

 

Because at the end of it all, 

“she always finds her way back — to becoming a loving mother.”
 –Sherebanu