A Not So Pink Flamingo

A Hard Freakin Week

This last week was a hard one for me in the motherhood department. Have you ever just felt like “what the actual heck is my life?” Yeah that was me literally every single day. From the start of the day to the very last second of the day I go through it all with the kids by my side, constantly needing me, and always hanging on me. A repetitive routine, that last week, felt like was pushing me over the freaking edge. In the shower, there are the kids. Going to the bathroom, there are the kids. Having a mental breakdown, there are the kids. Like can’t I just have at least 10 minutes to lose my crap in solitude without being needed or touched? Saying it felt completely exhausting would be an understatement and even though I kept trying to remind myself “this will all be over before I know it” or “it goes so fast” it definitely didn’t feel like that this last week.

Mama Flamingos

After reflecting back on my week and as I have been thinking about this newsletter, I was reminded of something I saw on Instagram awhile ago. Did you know that while mama Flamingos are raising their chicks they actually lose some of their pink coloring due to the extreme energy it takes out of them? Even for the Flamingos, motherhood is no easy task and it visibly shows through their coloring! Only as the chicks get older does their pink coloring finally come back. This hit me for a couple reasons. Right now I’m feeling like a light (very light) pink colored Flamingo. My kids feel like a lot to me + I feel like I have no energy….. and guess what? THAT IS OKAY!! Instead of trying to change things and force my original pink color to come back, I can choose to be like the Flamingo mamas and just accept what is. You don’t see the Flamingos trying to change that! They just accept that is what happens, motherhood is hard sometimes and takes a lot out of them. Nothing has gone wrong! If you are a mama raising your chicks, listen up, just like the Flamingo mamas, we too will get our color back! Until then, let’s just do our best (whatever that looks like in the moment), give ourselves some grace, and just embrace our cutie light pink color in this crazy stage of life!

We All Are Flamingos

So hear me out. Although I talked about the mama Flamingos, I feel like all of us can apply this to our lives in some way or another. We ALL have things that are hard, take our energy, and things we can’t change or always control. It can be a trial you are going through, your health, a job, or a relationship. Things that take a toll on you and cause you to lose a little bit of your pink color. Just as I reminded the mamas I remind you, YOU WILL GET YOUR PINK BACK! It takes time and patience but one day it will come. I promise you that! Until then, don’t forget, YOU GOT THIS!

XOXO

-Sav