ggnoff

I saw a mom just completely lose it at the grocery store today. Her toddler was screaming, her baby was crying in the cart, and she just froze, staring into space while everyone else stared at her.

Then this guy behind her rolled his eyes and muttered, “Some people shouldn’t have kids.”
And she just whispered, “I’m trying.”

That’s it. Just “I’m trying.”

And honestly, that’s the sentence that stays with me.
Because that’s what most parents are saying every day, not out loud, but inside.
Trying to work. Trying to love. Trying to stay patient. Trying to make it through the checkout line without breaking.

Lately I’ve been reading [Emily Elory](https://penguin-parent.myshopify.com/produ

i’m not trying to be dramatic, i’m just tired of how many moms are hanging by a thread and calling it normal. everyone says “it’s just a phase” but no one talks about how lonely it feels to lose yourself while you’re raising someone else. you love your baby more than anything, but you also miss the version of you who laughed without checking the monitor every five minutes. you start to feel invisible, like the whole world sees “mom” but forgets there’s still a person under there. you’re not broken, you’re just carrying too much without a pause, and you don’t have to pretend it’s easy. Writers like [Emily Elory](https://penguin-parent.myshopify.com/products/dear-tired-parent-notes-for-the-day

I don’t even know anymore. i love my kid so much but lately i just feel like i’m failing at everything.She’s three and everything is a battle. diapers, meals, getting in the car, putting on shoes. I can’t even breathe without it turning into a meltdown. Today she threw her breakfast on the floor because i gave her the blue cup instead of the pink one. i lost it. like actually yelled. and then I just stood there shaking and crying while she screamed.
she came up to me after and hugged me and i felt even worse. like she forgave me before i forgave myself.

I used to be patient. I used to be fun. now i’m just tired all the time.Everyone says you’ll miss this one day but i don’t think i wi

Not an official release song but a video of him singing with background piano and the lyric goes something like “ thinking of words that make her feel that make her think that make her call…” might be wrong but that’s the only words I can remember!

Anybody know the length of this song?