No one ever told me...
What it would truly feel like when they handed me my child in the delivery room...probably because you can't put words to that experience.That from the minute I locked eyes with each beautiful baby God entrusted to me I would be changed, forever changed.
I wouldn't mind having spit up on my shoulder, changing horrible diapers, or cleaning up after a sick kid in the middle of the night (well, I wouldn't mind that much).
No one ever told me...
That sleeping 8 uninterrupted hours in a row would become a distant memory.
That my boobs would never be the same again.
That love can take the shape of fear, guilt, fierce protection, or overwhelming tiredness.
That my senses of hearing, smell, and sight would become more acute than I really wanted them to.
No one ever told me...
It would cost so much to make so little ($).
That I would do anything...ANYTHING...for my child.
That my greatest source of entertainment would become those little people who live in my home.
That my prayer life would go to a whole new level.
No one ever told me...
How much more in love I would fall with
my husband after enduring pregnancies, deliveries,
and seeing him daily in the faces and personalities of
our children.That I would suddenly understand how my mom felt about me.
That in giving so much of myself to my kids I would have to make sure I didn't lose myself completely.
But no one NEEDED to tell me...
how much I would LOVE being a mother.
I always knew that.
Happy Mother's Day to all the amazing mothers out there!
