A caregiver tells grandparents that showing emotion isn't weakness, it's strength. When you're overwhelmed, pause instead of lashing out. Ask for a hug. Your granddaughters love you more when you're real with them.
They just want emotion from you. And I think sometimes when we have so much on our plate, we think emotion equals weakness and emotion doesn't equal weakness. Your emotion makes you even stronger in their eyes. It makes you even stronger. And so your granddaughters love you. You did a great job. You are doing it. You are doing it. And you deserve your flowers. You deserve to be loved. But in those moments now when you get at your wit's end, which we all understand why, I encourage you to just commit to saying, "Let me be a little bit more vulnerable instead with them." Before you throw the next hot sauce bottle, put it down and say, "Baby, come here, give me a hug."
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