Feeling miserable right now

I feel ashamed to even admit it, but I am just having a rough time. My husband and I are both military and it is really hard. He is out to sea on and off. He’s been gone most of this year (January to May) and on and off since. I’m doing so much on my own. All I do I clean the house, take care of kids and animals, and repeat. I’m also a masters student. I just feel sad. My kids have a big age gap so it kind of makes activities difficult. I feel like my older child (7) gets so much less attention from me because I’m busy with the newly 1 year old. I have no village or support. My life is just work and repeat. I love my children, it’s just I never thought life would be this tough. Honestly single mothers are superheroes. I feel ashamed to even complain honestly, I’m just wondering if anyone else feels like this sometimes

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I’m so overwhelmed and over stimulated I have 3 kids 13 yo 3.5 yo and 1 yo. I’m constantly hosting birthday parties, cleaning, working p/t, and taking care of the kids. I’m lonely stressed out and that’s all with my husbands help. I’m fucking tired and gentle parenting went out the window this weekend. I’m just over it. This is way too fucking hard

Be gentle on yourself! It is hard. We all deserve a break sometimes. It’s ok to not be perfect, you are just demonstrating that you are human. I’m sure your kids still adore you

Don't feel ashamed to complain. There's no shame in talking about what's going on inside of you. I'm going through it too, girl. I don't have a village or family here in Minnesota either. And I am not with my babys daddy anymore. But we still live together for the time being. I still have feelings for him. I want to ask him if he still has feelings for me, but I'm scared.

Omg you’re doing a LOT + school! You should feel extremely proud of yourself. I joke that my parenting style is “survivalist” because I often feel like I can’t catch up or am drowning. I have 3 kids and my husband has been deployed since January. He moved us in with my parents so I’d have help and it’s STILL hard. Give yourself grace.

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