I love these two monkeys more than anything. They are my world. Almost everything I do is for them.

There are times, ok, a lot of times, that I don’t feel like the best mom in the world. At work, we like to joke call our mommy mess ups our “mother of the year” moments. Sometimes I forget things or yell when I shouldn’t. I wonder if putting my youngest in kindergarten this year will scar her for life. I ache when I think of the pain I caused them, especially my oldest, when I decided to split from my husband in the fall.

I think we all have feelings of inadequacy when it comes to our kids at least once in awhile.

But then, my youngest comes to me with her big brown eyes and hugs me. She says, “I love you, Mama”. My oldest will hug me and tell me that I am the best mom ever. We laugh and joke around until our sides hurt.

That’s when I am reminded that I AM enough.

What reminds you that you are enough?