Part Two Self-Sacrifice
Part Two
Self-Sacrifice
Self-sacrifice is a part of your journey. Helping others enriches your life. Don’t look at what you’ve given up, focus on what you’ve given…LIFE! You’re a mama now. What kind of selfish monster could even think about what they’ve lost when looking at all they’ve gained!
—Bells Brightley, parenting blogger (@MindfulMamaBells) and bestselling author of How to Be the Best Mom You Can Be: Helping You to Help Them
Things I’ve sacrificed since becoming a mother?
Sleep, perkier tits, bottomless brunches, international travel whenever I feel like it, sleep, champagne breakfasts, all-nighters that were actually fun, sex in unusual places, sleep, a vintage two-seater car, being blissfully unaware what breast pads are, getting through a day without handling someone else’s shit, that light, carefree feeling of only having to worry about myself and my needs… I could go on.
—Hazel Matthews, mother