@beachlifemumma: I’ve been effectively made redundant from a role I have loved and cherished for the last 12 years. 🤍 Being a stay at home mum was never just a job to me, it was my entire world. For 12 years I have been needed every minute of every day, raising five little boys, wiping tears, making meals, finding missing shoes, breaking up arguments, creating adventures, kissing grazed knees and somehow keeping this wonderfully chaotic little family moving forward. And now, suddenly, my youngest has started school. I knew this day was coming, but knowing something is coming and actually standing there watching your baby walk through those school doors are two completely different things. I thought I would feel proud, and I do. I thought I would feel excited for him, and I am. But underneath all of that is this strange feeling of being completely lost. Who am I when nobody needs me at home anymore? But the thing that surprised me most today wasn’t Leif walking into school. It was being comforted by my oldest two boys. I was trying so hard to hold it together, but Jax and Noah could see straight through me. They hugged me, reassured me and reminded me that I’m still Mummy, even if the house is suddenly much quieter and my role is changing. There was something so incredibly emotional about being comforted by the boys I once carried around in my arms, and realising they are now old enough to carry me a little too. #familycontentcreators #backtoschool2026 #raisingboys #motherhoodunplugged

Rachael 🩵 Motherhood

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