My Mother’s Day gift is this letter to you, my boys

I hope you’ll always like me

Nikki T

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Photo by Benjamin Manley on Unsplash

To my sweet boys Maverick and Abel,

Maverick, you are 7, and Abel, you are 4. I am deep in the trenches of parenting you; of “mommin’ it hard” as I like to say to my friends. I am tired. Constantly.

Long ago I lost the ability to pee by myself or take a shower without…

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Nikki T

Midwest working-mom, runner, wife, friend, and sometimes yogi. Licensed counselor. I write about being a human in this wild world.