Let me go here once in a while
Not often or too long
Only we mothers know
What we could have been
Had we been whole
What we missed
When we weren’t there
Spoke too soon
Or not enough
Over protected
Or neglected
Too harsh
Too lax
Too busy
Too tired
We know
So let us alone
To grieve for a while
I promise
I won’t stay too long
Or I might drown
I won’t medicate it
Numb it or
Meditate it away
Instead it’s good
To face it
Then super grace it
With God’s love
Move on
There are more
Children, teens or
Young adults
To love and care for
If not my own
Then another mother’s
We need each other
We mothers
We don’t have enough
Of all we need
For this job
© 2013 Julie Clark
Backfromtheborderlands's Blog 
I like the ups and downs.
Thank you! Yes, life is full of highs and lows.
How often we have mother guilted, tennis guilted, ministry guilted together!!!
Yes we have! So wonderful to have a friend like you to carry the burdens of imperfection with.
Makes me weep – oh YES how we mothers need each other!
Yes, we need to let ourselves grieve once in awhile.