Super mom

     Mother's are super moms. They are strong, sweet, loving, fighters, selfless, caring, nurturing,  multitasking human beings. Our job is never ending from dusk till dawn. Great respect goes out to the single mothers who do it all. It's a challenging role that we take on in life.

     Being a new mom and dealing with cancer is sometimes overwhelming.  The reason being is because as a mother I wanna cater to my baby and As a cancer fighter,  I have to make sure I take care of myself. This is what I'm torn apart in a daily basis. If  you have kids you know what I am talking about. A baby requires time and loving and you forget to take care of yourself during that process. It happen to me the first few months, I would sometimes forget to eat during the day because I would be so wrapped up in making sure she was ok. My husband would help with the baby from feeding to changing her diaper. We became a great duo and he is a great dad.

     Coming up with a routine was going to be the best way to get things done. Alejandra is 6 months now, time passes so quickly its a bit scary. MArk has been laid off and while he is between jobs we are taking advantage of him being home with the baby. Now my mornings consist of feeding , playing and changing Alejandra which Mark helps me with. I do my morning workout while they are still sound asleep 💤. Then making breakfast, cleaning kitchen, packing lunch, making lunch, doing morning protocol for cancer, and anything else I can squeeze in before work which is at noon. My mornings begin at 6 am and on Tuesdays it's chemo day so my morning gets shorter because I have to be there at 11 for treatment. How exciting isn't it.. yay.. Its getting better but not quite perfect just yet.

     I love being able to spend time with Alejandra and play with her in these early stages of  life. I sometimes feel like I am not giving her enough time and that is a sucky feeling.  "Mommy needs to take care of herself to be with her in the long run" that's the way my doctor told me to focus on.  The struggle of getting this routine down to balance mommy time , wife duties and work mode.

     I know it may not look like a blessing because of all that is going on but to me this year has been such a great blessing. I would get more into it at another time..

Thank you for being part of my Journey, God Bless. Yvette Norris