“Making friends as an adult can be really hard and scary, but it sure as heck won’t happen if we don’t try. Looking for our Sister-moms is a lot like looking for The One when we are dating, sometimes the right person walks into our life at the right moment and it all falls into place, but a lot of times we just need to put in the work of getting to know the folks around us before the right people reveal themselves to us. And even though I’m fighting back against some pretty deep-seated insecurities, the more that I remind myself that friendship is worth working for and that I am worthy of it, the more it starts to sink in that it’s TRUE! The more I tell the negative voices in my head that they can just go ahead and have a seat, the more they stop trying to stand up and sound off in the first place. Even in spite of the inevitable misses that happen, when I don’t connect with someone like I had hoped, just doing the work makes me feel brave and confident and like my insecurities are not the boss of me. And when I DO make a connection the payoff is HUGE, for me and for my kids.”
This week’s post is a throwback to the first post I ever wrote for the Project Mother Blog. Read more here:
https://projectmother.co/blog/2016/8/16/confessions-of-a-mommy-pickup-artist
