Mojo and the Mess

Some days, it’s not my body that’s sick — it’s my mind.

And those days hit different.

There’s no IV for when your soul feels heavy. No medication that fixes the kind of tired that comes from pretending you’re okay. No chart that says “mentally exhausted, but trying anyway.”

Today, I’m struggling.

And honestly, I’m tired of being the one holding it all together.

It feels like everyone else gets to fall apart, cry, check out for a while — and I’m the one who keeps finding the strength no one else has to use. The one who smiles when she wants to scream. Who reassures everyone that it’ll be okay while quietly breaking inside.

When is it my turn to just be?

To stop performing strength, stop explaining, stop holding the pieces in place so no one else has to see the mess?

Mojo’s been glued to me all day — this little grey reminder that even when I can’t keep it together, I’m still loved. He doesn’t need me to fake it. He doesn’t ask for words. He just curls up, puts his chin on my chest, and breathes with me until the world feels a little softer.

I think that’s all I really want from people too. Not advice. Not positivity. Just presence. Someone who doesn’t need me to be “strong.”

Because some days, the strength is in admitting I don’t have any left.

Some days, the victory is in still being here — in breathing, in surviving, in letting myself not be the one holding everything up.

If you’re there too — if you’re tired of being the strong one, the fixer, the glue — you’re not alone. You can set it down for a while. The world won’t fall apart. And even if it does… maybe it was never yours to hold in the first place.

💬 Stay messy. Stay soft. You’re allowed to fall apart too.

– Mojo and the Mess

🐾 Mojo’s Note:

Mom’s having a rough day. I tried sitting on her chest, then on her feet, then on the pile of laundry. She didn’t laugh this time, but I think she liked knowing I wasn’t going anywhere. Sometimes love doesn’t fix it — it just stays.

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