Mature Mom

At 25, exhaustion was existential. It was fear. It was "Will I be enough? Will I break this? Do I even know who I am?"

So yes, I am tired. I am slower. I don’t understand TikTok. My back hurts. mature mom

You are a testament to the fact that life doesn’t follow a script. That some doors only open when you have the strength to walk through them. That your child didn’t get a tired, burnt-out, uncertain version of you. At 25, exhaustion was existential