When Life Gets Overwhelming: Pray

I've been having a hard time lately. Between being a mom, wife, and working full-time as a library director I barely have time to myself. It's gotten to the point that I'm laying wide awake at night thinking about all the things I haven't gotten done.

Because of this, the hobbies I enjoy doing seem like a steep mountain that's ever growing larger. This stress has affected my ability to write. I have three book ideas floating in my head, each one exciting, but I just can't find the drive to put the work in right now. Even writing in my Bible study journal feels impossible. Everything just feels... meh.

I don't get it. I have a beautiful life: a loving husband, two beautiful children, and my dream job. I have no reason to be sad. No reason to feel this way. The only thing I can think of is how I was so used to being invisible that being seen is nothing short of overwhelming.

I'm not quite sure why I'm sharing this for all the world to see, but writing it out feels like the only way to express this numbness.

I have my Bible study friends praying for me and I've been asking God to take this sadness away. I suppose that's really I can do.

To the overwhelmed moms out there: you're not alone.