Space for Grace
As I write this, I’m in my kitchen making waffles on a rainy June day while my pit bull Lulu stares up at me hoping a waffle will miraculously get dropped and land in her mouth.
The idea for this blog has been brewing in my brain for a few days but I haven’t brought myself to just write, so here I am utilizing my handy dandy notes app on my phone because once again I am reminded that motherhood requires us to do things differently. My saying is, “if you want something done ask a mom to do it” because we have so many things that we’re constantly juggling, yes, but that’s actually our strength because we’re the ones that will find a way to get it all done. Someway, somehow.
So let’s get into it. This blog is titled Space for Grace, originally it was going to be called Room for Grace and even though it sounded like it would be the name of a 90s sitcom or a trendy Denver bar I was going to go with it until I decided I liked a rhyme better. Anyway, the other night I was spending time with friends and now I couldn’t even tell you exactly what it was that I said but after the hangout I was beating myself up for saying something in an imperfect way and this quickly took me down a spiral of worrying about what they thought and being hard on myself for not thinking through every little thing I said.
As I battled my inner critic, a little voice in my heart challenged me to see things differently. Instead of fixating on what I said wrong and catastrophizing how my friends must have judged me, I flipped the story from one based in fear and criticism to one of compassion and opportunity. What if I gave myself some grace? What if this time where I was “imperfect” is a chance to grow in love and understanding? When we say things incorrectly, or words fly out of our mouth quicker than we can catch them, or our actions don’t align with our values, this is the Space for Grace. The place where we can forgive ourselves, remember that our intentions are pure, and the next time someone says or does something that hurts us, we can come back to this space for grace because our own mistakes remind us to see the humanity in others when they make mistakes.
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