Hello and welcome to my blog, mum's sanctuary. I started this blog for a number of reasons:
1. Motherhood is mentally and physically EXHAUSTING!
2. I function best when I take time out for ME.
3. If I give all of myself to everyone else I become a BITCH!
4. I need to spend time as a human BEING, not just a human DOING all the time.
5. As a mum, looking after ME does not come naturally.
6. My instinct tells me many other mums feel the same.
As you'll see from my other motherhood blog - http://motherloadtomotherlove.blogspot.com/ - I'm a woman of many words. I love to write and talk. But, I've decided to keep this blog really SIMPLE! (Just select from the menus bar at the top). Short, simple ideas for you to try. There's no one-size fits all; some things might work for you, others probably won't. Pick and choose.
Here’s a poem I wrote the week my baby turned six months old after two nights without sleep. Little did I know I had another whole week ahead of me…temperatures, sleeplessness, viruses and a first tooth. And that was just bub. Lily (6 ½ years) was spending her evenings coughing, sleep walking and crying and hubby was working late almost every night.
edges of me, by Lyndal Edwards
When I'm exhausted
the world seems flat
my kids annoying, my husband useless
the day too daunting.
I want to scream "leave me alone"
and retreat like a bear
to a deep, dark cave
until my wintery mood passes.
My elastic band of love
snaps painfully back as
I think and feel and sometimes say
those things I know are not OK.
And with each passing moment
life offers me the chance to dance and love again
the sun's warmth, my daughter's joy
an endless invitation to step out of the void.
Sometimes I fight the fight
that later makes no sense
to stay exhausted, deluded
to show those I love the edges of me I despise.
And sometimes I surprise myself
And emerge from my exhaustion
like a lotus from the mud.
I open to the sun and the
Love that surrounds me
Effortless and Beautiful.
Anything is possible.
