It Took Me 70 Years to Understand What My Mother Was Really Saying

Описание: #lifeadvice #lifelessons #family

I'm 70 years old.

And it took me seven decades to understand what my mother was really saying.

She used to tell me, over and over:
“Don’t end up like me.”

I thought she was being dramatic.
I thought she was unhappy.
I thought I was different.

I wasn’t.

She gave up her dreams to be a wife and mother.
I watched her disappear.

Then I did the exact same thing.

I told myself it was sacrifice.
I told myself it was love.
I told myself it was temporary.

Thirty years passed.

My kids remember me being tired.
Not fulfilled.
Not joyful.
Just… there.

Last year, my daughter said something that stopped my heart:

“Mom, I don’t want to end up like you.”

And in that moment, I heard my mother.

This isn’t about blaming motherhood.
It’s about losing yourself inside it.

You can love your children
without abandoning your identity.

But you have to choose that. Intentionally.

If you're in the middle of raising kids and feel invisible…
If you're putting every dream on hold “for later”…
If you think you'll rediscover yourself when they’re grown…

This story is for you.

— Margaret

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