Over the weekend, I attended my first baseball game, which turned out to be an incredibly euphoric experience! Everything about it, from enjoying a grilled hotdog and washing it down with a refreshing Paloma to observing the crowd in the stadium, everything was simply delightful.

Being a single mom of two causes a huge strain on my social life, so bad to the point that I developed social anxiety. As women, when we become mothers, we tend to forget who we are as individuals. We wear many hats; however, when that mom hat comes off for a while, cut loose and let your hair down! That's self-care! Being able to lean on my village hasn't been the problem; it's the constant feeling of obligation that I get when I am away from my children that starts to sink in. I make myself feel as though I can't enjoy the simplest things in life, such as relaxing.

I have vowed to myself to break away from that guilty feeling that I punish myself with . When I have time to make it about me, it will be just that, about me. I am living life, not surviving it!

-the Vixen