Do you ever have days where you feel like a complete failure as a parent? It's not even 8 am and I already feel like a horrible mom. I lost my cool with my 5 year old daughter this morning. I could make up a lot of excuses such as I was up at least 11 times last night before losing count, but I am not an excuse. I was frustrated and mean. I yelled and I hate yelling at my kids. I feel like I broke my daughters spirit and scared her this morning. That is something I never wanted to do. I remember how horrible my abusive father was to me and I promised myself I wouldn't let anger get the best of me with my children. I saw her face and it broke me. I just picked her up and held her for the longest time this morning before the bus came. I apologized but that's not enough. She kept saying it was okay. I told her it's not okay and it's not okay for me to treat her that way. We both cried. I wanted to keep her home just to snuggle her some more. I feel horrible and will for as long as I remember. I'm a mess. 😭😢😔