Bethany C. Meyers Instagram – I like to think I do a pretty good job of keeping it real on here but sometimes I post happy carousels of photos like this and I wonder if it’s misleading. Not that every post needs to be a reminder that sorrow is synonymous with joy and instagram is only a teensy snippet of life, but it’s just so easy to look at our online follows and compare lives.
It’s not often we reach for our phone to “capture the moment” when we are having a fight about sippy cups with our significant other. And it’s unlikely anyone wants to document the tears they’re shedding about just how hard the transition into motherhood is as they grieve the friendships, time and self lost. And of course, we take photos of the cute restaurant moments but not photos of the fact that we currently eat a lot of meals alone as the other caregiver walks our high-chair-refusing toddler around the restaurant.
So later we scroll our videos and photos and memories with a smile bc that’s what artifacts we have. And then we post our weekend recaps and remember the good times because at the end of the day they really are good times. But sometimes I look at other people and think wow their baby eats every single meal with a smile. And wow those two must never argue. And wow she’s so great at being a mother to three kids why do I struggle with just one??
So as I post this recap of what my memory will tell me was the most perfect birthday weekend with my family I could have ever imagined – it was after all – I also share that all good times are sprinkled with tough times no matter how good your instagram post looks.
🙂 | Posted on 28/May/2024 00:50:19
