31/12/2025
This is my NYE.
Huddled up in some playground for kiddies with my daughter & nephew 🤣
This is my life now. 2025 was the year I became a mum. Motherhood was my journey and what a wild one it was/is!
It is so self sacrificing, 24/7. Even as I wrote this post, it’s late, I’m breastfeeding and typing at the same time 🤣 (my baby won’t go to bed!). It really was a year filled with juxtaposing feelings and emotions.
It was such a special year… It brought out so much love (a million kisses for my daughter would never be enough). It also drove me to be an even healthier, fitter and organised version of myself. You want to be for your child and for yourself as you give so much of yourself to them. The lack of time outside of mothering really showed me where my priorities lied. It forced me to simplify life where I could, to not dwell/overthink things. You don’t have time!
And on the flip side, this year was one of the most challenging years of my life. The sleep deprivation in the newborn to early baby infanthood had me so exhausted that there were days where I all I could manage was to get us both in the bath to entertain her with water & bath toys, so I could rest & relax in some small way. And there were so many more challenges mentally & physically in postpartum that I’m proud of myself was wresting through, and others overcoming.
Mothering is a full time job… it requires so much of you and is one of the greatest privileges. Mothers and babies are some of the most vulnerable & strongest people and should be treated with the upmost respect.
My energy couldn’t simply coexist in learning and raising a child for the first time and also in the social media world here this year in the way it has in the past, so I wanted to Thankyou for sticking around.
I can’t wait to continue all that next year encompasses with you 💗
