You Can't Please Everybody

As a single parent you can sometimes find yourself being pulled from pillar to post, sometimes in one direction more than others leaving you looking like stretch armstrong; worn out and tired.
Naturally, there are many people close to
you and your child/children that you would like to keep the best relationships with for e.g, TOP (The Other Parent), your parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, TOP's parents, siblings and friends and whoever else plays an important role in helping to raise your child/children.

But there comes a point in your life of self discovery, some parents are blessed enough to discover from the beginning, others, such as myself take up to 5 years and some may not discover at all. But for those that do, we realise that no matter how hard we try, we can absolutely not please everybody.
Almost every person in their 20's in the 21st century are extremely busy. Busy studying, busy working, busy trying to figure out what to do with their life, whilst never being idle. Theres no time to stop, theres no time to waste as we all just want to create a better life for ourselves and our families, or simply survive.

Let me propose a scenario to whoever may be reading this and isn't a parent.

•  Picture the average 25 year old woman living and working in London. That person is always on the go, always busy right? yet they always manage to find time to spend with you. Now imagine that person has a child... Damn! how does she manage all of that? Now, lets add something else to the mix, this 25 year old working London girl has a child, barely has any time yet still tries to please ALL of those people mentioned above. 

Yeah my brain hurts thinking about it too.

There's a difference between being selfish and sensible, as parents we sometimes tend to think we are superheroes, and the impossible is nothing, we can do it all. After all, we have given birth to life. I'm afraid to admit, sometimes we can't do it all, on the off chance we make ourselves ill as single parents, who will look after us?

This is a gentle reminder to all of my mummy readers, that you are amazing, your hard work never goes unnoticed. I understand the bumps in the road that you approach, only us as mothers will understand, nobody else.

But remember you have children to raise, the help should come to you, you shouldn't have to be the help. Don't overdo yourself because you can't please everybody.

Pippa x