“This Too Shall Pass”

Words I needed when I was deep in it, and still find myself repeating

One night, not the first, and definitely not the last - I was deep in it with my son, our first baby. He wouldn’t sleep and wanted to nurse constantly.

My husband snored peacefully beside me, completely unaware

of my exhaustion and frustration.

I did what many of us do…

I picked up my phone and started googling.

Somewhere in that late-night scroll, I read a line that made me pause:

This too shall pass.

It didn’t fix everything.

But it softened something in me.

It reminded me that the hard, relentless, messy moment wouldn’t last forever.

It didn’t stop there. Life kept happening. Kids kept growing. And so did the challenges.

Cluster feedings.

Back-to-back-to-back illnesses.

Broken bones/injuries.

Feeding/eating struggles.

Up multiple times a night, for many months/years.

Crying (mine and theirs).

Yet somehow…

I’ve come to really appreciate that phrase. It brings me peace in the hard times.

It will pass.

And it will get better - even for a bit, before something else shifts again.

That’s the rhythm of it.

It’s hard to find clarity when you’re surviving hour by hour, moment by moment.

But you will make it through.

You will feel joy again.

You will breathe easier again.

You will look back and say, I did that. I made it.

You’re not failing.

You’re moving through it.

Even the hardest nights don’t last forever.

This too shall pass.

Nicole ♡