Please don’t forget | A mothers day reminder

Please don’t forget.

No matter how many times they post on social media you haven’t seen it all. No matter how many times she shares the pain she is walking through you’ll never truly understand the excruciating pain she feels when she sees others announcing births while she continues to wait. Or the when people share how annoyed they are of their mom, but she wishes she had one more day with her mom.

Sometimes mothers day finds many women smack dab in the middle of battles, in the middle of hope deferred. Sometimes mothers day is yet another crushing blow to the fact that they are still in there ‘not yet’ season. So I want to take a moment to remind you even when people share their pain we still don’t truly know the depths of the highs and lows.

So this is where I am asking you…
please don’t forget.
You don’t know the whole story.

As Mother’s Day approaches I want to encourage you to remember that no matter how many times that person you follow posts something beautiful, they may be in pain. So when you think about messaging them something encouraging but stop yourself and assume they don’t need to hear it, let me tell you as someone who went through three years of needing to hear life (and THANK YOU JESUS I had people constantly speaking life), please don’t let your assumptions of their life get in the way of encouraging another human who could really benefit from a couple words from a friend or a total stranger.

As much as people share on social media it is never the entire story.
So hug that new mama extra tight, send flowers to that single mom, and call that friend that lost her mom 10 years ago to remind her that her mama is proud of her.

Just please don’t forget… you don’t know the whole story.
Wrap your arms around those waiting, and missing loved ones. Reach out if you need support, hold hands with those you do have in your life, and look up. Hope is here for you.