11/14/2025
There’s this quiet, sneaky pressure so many moms carry — that rest has to be earned.
That you have to check every box, finish every chore, respond to every text, and hold everyone else together before you’re “allowed” to sit down.
But here’s the truth no one says out loud enough: 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞.
Motherhood isn’t a productivity contest.
Your worth isn’t measured by how much you get done in a day.
And rest isn’t a luxury — it’s part of surviving, healing, and being human.
If you’re tired, you can rest.
If the list isn’t done, you can rest.
If you need five quiet minutes in the bathroom just to remember who you are, you can rest.
Your body is doing the work of caring, nurturing, managing, thinking, loving, and showing up… every single day.
You don’t have to “earn” rest.
You deserve it regardless.
