One of the things that pulled me out of the mommy wars was all of the stories. This week I’m sharing the stories of other moms that have touched me through their experiences. If you have an experience you would like to share, please email me at sarah@momtomommedia.com and I’ll publish it here this week. (All names will be changed to initials to keep them anonymous.)

E’s Mom’s Story:

I was born in 1980, my sister was 4 and my brother was 2. the night after i was born my mom slept for the first time in 2 years! my brother would cry all night and a good part of the day. he had rashes on his face and arms that he would scratch until he bled. my dad was working 2 or 3 jobs and my grandfather on my mom’s side had just died from cancer and had been in the hospital for a long time. my other grandparents lived far away. so my mom had 3 little ones and not a lot of help. it later turned out my poor brother had severe allergies to tons of things, food, wool, dust and all kinds of everything… luckily there was an old lady in the apartment building that would come and take care of us every now and then so my mom could shower and get a min to herself. my mom claims it saved her life.

i remember when i was like 12 i was watching the news with my mom and there was a horrible story about a mom that ended her life and her infant’s life. i commented on how evil she must have been and my mom looked at me and said: no mother would ever want to harm her own child and we have no idea what she was going through. – this has always stuck with me, my mom came from a good, loving home and had learned how to cope with difficult things in life, so somehow she managed to love us all through it all, my dad is great too 😉 but she always has a compassion for moms – because she’s been there… on the edge, about to loose it but made it through….

i am so blessed that my little one is healthy and a great sleeper, but i have compassion and try to have understanding for moms that deal with different things. we are all doing the best we can. we all make mistakes and we have not walked in each others shoes… so please, when you see/hear a mom that is not sleeping, that has a child that is not feeling well. give her a hug, take her kid for half an hour so she can shower…