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Rachel Maiyun's avatar

This is so beautiful Jenna ♥️ thank you for sharing. This time last year I was writing as I entered the final months of pregnancy with our second, now she’s almost 9 months old. Life as a Mother is so wild x

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Jenna Folarin's avatar

I'm so glad you liked the poem Rachel ❤️. Gosh how time flies, I can't cope with my kids getting older!! My youngest will be 3 in May and I started writing on Substack when he was 1, in his naptimes and I just think, where has that time gone. Won't be long till your youngest is 1 ❤️ x

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Charlotte Stephens's avatar

Beautiful, and so relatable. I read something recently along the lines of "this is just another day of tasks and classes and snotty noses for you, but for them, it's their childhood" - it really resonated me, and I try to think of it in amongst the 'i forget' type moments to ground myself, and stop myself from correcting things that don't really matter and rushing to places we don't really need to rush to. You sound like a wonderful mother x

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Jenna Folarin's avatar

Thank you so much for your lovely comment Charlotte! I love this perspective that you share, and you are so right. I think it's easy to forget that this is their childhood too, because a lot of the time we are just going through the motions aren't we. But the moments that we do remember can feel so lovely. You are so kind, thank you, and you sound like a wonderful mother too! x

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Lauren Barber's avatar

Beautiful xx

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Jenna Folarin's avatar

Thank you so much Lauren ❤️ x

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Jen Eden's avatar

This is really lovely. I see myself in your words.❤️ Thank you for sharing.xx

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Jenna Folarin's avatar

Thank you so much Jen for your lovely words ❤️ x

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Lyndsay Kaldor's avatar

Beautiful Jenna, thank you for this reminder xx

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Jenna Folarin's avatar

Thank you for your lovely comment Lyndsay ❤️ so glad it resonated xx

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Jenna Folarin's avatar

Thank you so much Zoe ❤️ xx

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