I learned a very important lesson about manifesting by struggling through a rough time. I had an unexpected pregnancy with a man who had anger issues. I had numerous health complications and constant mental stress. After having the baby, I did not want him around anymore and my mother offered to help. I had been neglecting using the law of attraction due to blaming myself for all of this, and I had this persistent fear that I could not manage without the help of a partner, so I tried to manifest a happy family and help with my baby. I thought by being grateful for my partner and my mother that things would improve. Turns out I was being grateful for the wrong people.

At 7 weeks postpartum things only got worse with my partner and my mother finally broke down and said she could not help as much as I would have liked and blamed me for the pregnancy. I was at my wit’s end and bawling my eyes out.

Sleep deprived, I took my baby and asked for no help. I let go of wanting help from my mom, cursed my partner, and filed for child support. Things did not go perfectly. There were diaper blowouts, difficulty sleeping, accidents on the bedding, the whole 9 yards! But I was doing it alone and I realized that I was OK. I finally felt at peace with everything and grateful for my baby and myself, knowing I could be the mom he needed even without help.

A couple of days later, circumstances were happening without my knowledge. My partner had been breaking down at work and was given support and advice about regrets from older men. He made changes and agreed to work on his anger issues because he realized he didn’t want this to be his life while his family was happy away from him. My mom also came around and felt regret and offered to help more. And most importantly, I was finally confident and grateful for myself. It was through letting go of needing them to help me and my baby, that I was able to step into my own power and it brought them back the way I had hoped they would be. Life is good.