To show their faces or not

As someone with a small but steady following, I often find myself caught in the in-between, between wanting to share my children with the world and wanting to keep them all to myself.

I love being a mom. It’s the most defining, beautiful, stretching part of my life. And because I share pieces of my world online, it feels natural to share parts of them too, the giggles, the chubby cheeks, the messy moments that feel like magic in real time.

I’m okay with that.

I’m okay showing the joy they bring me, the way they’ve changed me, the love that lives in the smallest, everyday moments. I don’t feel shame about that. And I know that for many of us, especially other moms, these glimpses create connection, little reminders that we’re not alone.

But I still pause sometimes. I see others putting emoji’s over their faces. Only showing photos from behind. And I compare. I ask myself if I’m doing something wrong?

Because even though my following is small, it’s still an audience. And these aren’t just sweet photos or funny videos, they’re people. Tiny humans with their own little lives and boundaries I haven’t fully figured out yet.

So I live in this space. I share them, but thoughtfully. Not everything. Not always. I let myself post what feels right and hold back what doesn’t. And I’m learning that doesn’t make me uncertain, it makes me intentional.

It’s the in-between where I find balance.