08/05/2026
Motherhood has a way of changing you overnight.
One day, life revolves around you… and the next, everything shifts. Suddenly, you are responsible for someone completely dependent on you — for love, food, safety, and care.
For me, that season came quickly — four beautiful children in less than six years. And like so many mothers, everything I did was driven by one question: What is best for them?
Did I always get it right? Not even close. But I gave everything I had.
What I didn’t realise was the quiet cost of that.
Somewhere along the way, I stopped asking who I was.
I remember standing in front of the mirror at 40 and barely recognising the woman looking back at me. I felt disconnected… as though I had spent years being fully present for everyone else, while no longer being present for myself.
Around that same time, my own mother was diagnosed with cancer. Within months, she was gone.
Losing her shifted something deeply in me.
For so long, she had been my strength… and suddenly I had to learn how to become that for myself. Here I was — a grown woman, a mother myself — yet still deeply dependent on my own mother to care for me while I was busy caring for everyone else.
I loved my mum dearly for that. But it forced me to ask difficult questions.
How had I never learned to truly care for myself?
And what example was I setting for my own children?
That season changed everything.
Over time, I began rebuilding — not just as a mother, but as a whole person. And in doing that, I discovered something important: looking after myself didn’t take away from my children, nor did it diminish my role as a mother… it gave us all more.
Today, I have the privilege of leading Temcare, where through our NURTURE program, we walk alongside mothers and women who are giving everything they have — creating space for them to pause, be supported, and rediscover who they are beneath the constant demands of life and caregiving.
Because motherhood never really ends — it simply changes shape with every season.
And perhaps the goal was never perfection.
Perhaps it has always been about showing up the best we can, with the resources we have… and with love.
This Mother’s Day, let’s celebrate the women who give so much of themselves — often quietly, often unseen. Let’s honour them, support them, and express our love in return for all that they do.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers and carers out there — showing up each day with strength, love, and unwavering care, giving their all to those they hold dear.
Ronelle Ross, CEO.
