A complaint from the suggestion box- from an exhausted mother. — Sirski Writing Agency
By: Taylor Sirski
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A complaint from the suggestion box- from an exhausted mother. — Sirski Writing Agency Taylor Sirski Feb 26·4 min read

*insert big boy word here*

that’s what my 4-year-old yelled from the back door last night when our cat got out.

And I’m not surprised at what he said because I yelled it myself last week. Usually, I try to control what I say around my son, I mean I know he’s listening to everything I say but if I’m being honest I didn’t even care.

The past 3 weeks we’ve been sick. HFM, conjunctivitis, ear infections, allergic reactions, and a sinus infection. You’d think we were living in a school (or at this point a hospital).

My patience had run out about a week and a half in, and I didn’t care.

Laundry, dishes, and tissues are what I was faced with and then the cat got out. The flippin’ cat.

I mean yeah eventually we’ll get back on our game, but for right now I wanna complain about it.

Complain about how I had to dip into my vacation days because my son couldn’t go to school for a week. Complain about how after he got better and passed it on to me I still had to come to work because I couldn’t miss any more days. Complain about how I’m currently sitting on the toilet in the bathroom writing this because I just need to sit for a moment.

I’m tired. Tired of hearing “ that’s life!” Tired of hearing “ a mother’s job is the hardest job there is”. Tired of “ everybody goes through it!”. All of these statements are overwhelmingly true.

Why? Because, simply put, that is life. That’s how life works. I wish it wasn’t, I wish I could say that after reading this it will all change, I wish I could give you a click here button to lead you to a website with how-tos and tutorials on how to get an instant better life.

No, I can’t link a website for you, there’s no way to over-night a new life (nor is there a two-day shipping option).

But even if there were a place like that, it wouldn’t necessarily last forever, unless you were willing to put in the work it takes to keep it.

Because really (and don’t get mad at me) but it’s true that the only way you’re going to see change is if you do something about it.

Which is something I’m sure you’ve heard your whole life, so what’s the point of this? What are you getting from this? Hope? Maybe. Inspiration? Hopefully.

As unfair life is I really do believe that it’s all about our mindset. How we look at life.

And this is coming from a woman who a year and a half ago was literally scraping together the dimes I found under the car seats and in old purses just to get myself a dollar coffee, and diapers from the dollar store with just enough gas in the tank to get there and back home.

To me, that was a good day. And that wasn’t even me at my lowest point. But even though I had next to nothing I was still grateful.

Grateful for the littlest things I did have.

And that got me through.

This isn’t one of those “look what I came from and what I am now “ stories, remember I’m still sitting in the bathroom waiting for someone to knock on the door who really has to go, no this is a story for someone who needs to hear it.

Who needs to hear that they’re not alone.

This is a story for someone who needs to know that there are possibilities and there is hope if you just keep pushing through all the crap.

You can’t think the universe is out for you, otherwise, nothing will go as well as you want it to.

Life is just that, it’s random things that happen to you and it’s just how you spin it. But what if I told you there’s hope? What if I told you when adults told you. “you can be anything you want when you grow up” was true. What if I told you that it starts with you.

You can choose to change it all. It won’t happen overnight, but it can happen. It happens all the time.

It can start with a simple thought, an idea, that if kept in your mind, can turn into action, and that action over time can turn into your dreams.

Maybe you don’t say “no” to yourself this time.

Maybe you allow yourself to break the cycle.

Maybe you allow yourself to consider it can actually happen.

It starts with a thought. When you open yourself up to things that could be and you truly reach for that, opportunities will arise.

Maybe they already have and you didn’t realize it. I know that’s happened to me. Bottom line. Open yourself up to new opportunities, imagine the possibilities, and say yes.

Yes to you.