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Reflecting on Sacrifice and Self-Worth

What Would It Cost You?

November 14, 20233 min read

It’s almost second nature, isn’t it? For a woman to give her all especially when she becomes a wife, more so when she becomes a mother. It happens in small ways, and in big ways...

It can be as simple as giving the best parts of the chicken to the husband, and the kids, or foregoing buying those amazing peep-toes in the online catalog because the kids want new toys.

But it can also happen in big, and profound ways.

For some women they get so busy that they lose touch with many friends because they manage the household, take care of the family, and hold down full-time jobs.

They sacrifice deep relationships with people outside their immediate family just so they can give 101% of themselves to their loved ones.

Often times, these women will also give up time for themselves to address every need and want that their family has - from scraped knees to broken hearts, to frustrations in the workplace to everything in between.

I know what you’re thinking though. You’re thinking it doesn’t really matter to you because you did all that with love in your heart. And I’m with you there. I applaud you for everything that you have done.

But all those sacrifices, they came at a cost, and that cost became unbearable the day that your husband left.

Let’s be honest here, you probably wanted to believe that after everything, that he would love you the way you deserve to be loved, and that somehow everything that you gave up - from the best part of the chicken to the friendship that you lost - would somehow be compensated. But you’re sitting here now, thinking of what it had cost you to be with that man.

The time you lost, the love you gave, the opportunities you passed up on... They’re all gone. That was what it cost you.

No amount of money can bring back what you lost in the past. When I went through my divorce, I realized that even if I get some kind of monetary compensation for his betrayal, the past is still the past.

I had no regrets with the time, money, love, and everything else that I gave my children. They are, and will always be worth it.

But my bigger realization was that I should safeguard my future because I am worth it as well.

I deserve the biggest slice of the pizza, the most exotic wine I can get, those weekends away with girlfriends, and the love of a great man.

After my divorce, I made a decision not to shortchange myself. I was done with that in every sense of the word.

So here’s my question to you — are you?

Are you done treating yourself like a second class citizen?

Are you ready to take your life back?

To do the things you want to do?

To invest in making yourself the best version of you?

There is nothing wrong with loving yourself the way you have loved your family.

There is nothing wrong with spending on yourself and taking time away from all your responsibilities...

Simply because you should. If you give, and give, and give, sooner or later there will be nothing to give, and you will be a husk of your former self. I sincerely hope it never comes to that.

So I hope that moving forward, you assess what it is that you really need to be able to find your authentic self. Buy those peep toes, get that wine, and invest in worthwhile activities that will help you create the life you have always wanted.

What will it cost you?

A lot. But what will you gain?

Everything.

Even the best of us need help.

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Much Love,

Fiona

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Fiona May

Fiona May Steddy is the founder of Women On Transition. Fiona has coached over 20,000 women to transform their lives and move on after separation of divorce.

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