My best friend and I just got back from a week’s cruise to Alaska’s Inside Passage. It was luxurious and frivolous, and we completely deserved our 10 days away.
However, feeling like I “deserved it” was not my outlook before we took off. I was uncharacteristically nervous, jittery, and worried about leaving my husband and two sons for such a long stretch. I knew my husband could handle it — he can handle anything — but my mommy guilt was getting the best of me.
Did I really deserve over a week away? Wouldn’t my extended absence make me a bad mom?
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