I’ve finally learned its not selfish to take care of yourself, & no matter how much we as moms can plan on carving out ‘me’ time, most times we are just proclaiming that we are claiming that lost 3% of a day. It took me a long time to put myself anywhere on my never-ending list of priorities, my daily unfinished to-do lists… I had always promised myself that once I gave everyone else the love I could, I would give myself what I needed out of the left over time & energy.

Yet, no matter what amount of myself I could give to others, the list never ended, so consequently I rarely made time for ‘me’. Over the past few years, I have overcame a lot obstacles, & through those hardships learned to put myself somewhere on the importance list. Amazingly, the higher I put myself as a priority, the more love I could actually give away. I always try to be intentional about making time for people, to show love, to be love, when I can. But this year, for the first time I also promised myself that I would add myself to my own list too… there is power in being this purposeful, because when my  bucket is filled, I can better fill other peoples too…