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You Lost Yourself
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You Lost Yourself

This you, the mom you, isn't less than. Just different

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Erika Quiroz
Feb 11, 2025
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Somewhere in between wiping snotty noses and baby bums, folding towels, finding socks, and chasing down your sanity, you lost her.

You, that girl, the one with fire in her heart and a bounce in every step. The bright eyed and bushy tailed gave way to dark circles and frizzy buns; bikinis lost to over-sized tee-shirts and maybe tears in the mirror.

Here’s…

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