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It has taken me close to three years to feel like I am slowly returning to myself. When I became a mom, everything changed in an instant. The version of me I had known faded quietly into the background. There was no dramatic moment. Just a steady rhythm of giving, adjusting, and showing up every day for this tiny new life. And in those early months and years, that was enough. But work kept getting hectic, work from homes were over and office became mandatory. Every morning I had to fight away the guilt of going to office. I hated leaving her, and I would calculate everyday how many hours I was away from her, how many hours in a month I got to spend with her and what not. It was a daily struggle. I hated going anywhere with my husband on weekends because the guilt made me want to spend more time with her. Then she started preschool. It was such a small shift on paper, but it changed everything. She had a routine. She had a place to go every morning that was just hers. She was growing, learning, slowly becoming more independent and watching her step into that gave me space to breathe again. For the first time in a long while, I felt a little less guilty for going to work. She had her own little world now, and I had mine again too. Not separate, but more balanced. We still orbit each other, but we are not glued together the way we once were. And that is a good thing. Preschool gave her structure and confidence. It gave me perspective. It reminded me that it is okay to let go a little. That letting her grow does not mean I am stepping back, it means I am giving her room to rise.

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This post was published on 10th August, 2025 by Kriti on her Instagram handle "@kriti.tgulati (Kriti Gulati)". Kriti has total 98.4K followers on Instagram and has a total of 461 post. Kriti receives an average engagement rate of 0.5% per post on Instagram. This post has received 17 comments which are lower than the average comments that Kriti gets. Overall the engagement rate for this post was lower than the average for the profile.