The Growth You Don’t See: Celebrating Invisible Mom Wins

Everything I do, say, feel, think, hear, care about, love, despise, etc. Is all known only by one person. Only one person truly understands me exactly as I am, and if you haven’t guessed who that person is, let me give you another hint. He knows you exactly as you are, too. He knows you personally, deeply, and intimately. God is the only person ever to know each of us; He knows all and hears all. Sometimes it’s hard for us to fathom that, as our minds are not fully capable of understanding a lot of things quite yet.

I am a lucky woman, as I not only have God by my side, willing to hear me, see me, love me, and guide me, but I also have a person who comes in at a close second, and that is my sweet,, sweet husband. Ethan knows basically everything about me, but as far as I know, he cannot read minds or know exactly what my next word, action, or emotion will be. He gets lucky, though, sometimes as we are often on the same “wavelength” and say the same thing at the same time a lot. 

How can we help others in their times of need? 

We have no idea what other people are really going through, and most of the time, we will never really know unless we ask and they tell us. Even then, most of the time, it’s vague and probably not our business to even know. Feeling invisible is something I’m good at; I’m pretty good at hiding in the corner, being shy, and then feeling alone. It’s something I need to work on, but I’m good at not being talked to and not being invited to things. It sucks, but I think I’ve accepted that the people who want to talk to me, and want to invite me, will, and those who don’t, won’t. It’s a hard realization, and I get sad thinking about it too much sometimes, but that’s okay! I have my best friend (my husband) who always wants to spend time with me, talk to me, and always wants to invite me, no matter what, and I greatly appreciate that, as the feelings are mutual.

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