I know it's almost Father's Day buttttttttt....I didn't write a Mother's Day blog. So I'm writing it now! I'd thought I'd give you 10 (out of millions) of reasons I love being a Mommy.
1. It’s hard not to love being a mom when you have such a great kid my daughter makes motherhood different, fun and exciting on a daily..NO hourly...NO constant basis.
2. Learning about myself through learning about her. Sometimes you don’t even realize something about yourself until you see it reflected (or the opposite reflected) in her.
3. The pride of watching her learn something new, especially if I helped her learn it. It seems like just seconds ago Syd was rolling over for the first time. Now she plays make believe, can say just about anything, is learning all kinds of new stuff… it’s miraculous to watch how much she is capable of learning.
4. She doesn't stop loving you, no matter how often you yell at her :) (she so knows she deserved it) or if she doesn't get her way. Give her a few minutes and the cuddles come right back. I’m going to guess this will be less true during the teenage years, but I’ll try to love being a mom then anyway! This kind of unconditional love is reserved, I think, for spouses and parents / children.
5. You get to be a kid again! When she gets new toys, it’s like you got new toys, too! You get to play bubbles and play dough and color pictures to your hearts content and then some. It can get wearisome after awhile but it can also be a welcome relief from the rest of life.
6. The hugs, the kisses, the cuddles, the “I love yous”… Kids have the purest form of affection and thus the most coveted in my book.
7. Every moment of your life now can be experienced in a new way. Maybe you’ve celebrated Christmas a gazillion times, been to the beach or on a long road trip before once or twice, but once you’ve done it with a child, it’s new and exciting again. And, okay, maybe a little more tiring, until you stop and smell the roses occasionally from their height. They smell much better from there.
8.Sometimes you wanted to have macaroni and cheese and hot dogs – their favorite foods can be a sweet indulgence – and if you are making it for her it’s like a totally selfless act suddenly, no matter how much you wanted it, too!
9. Being a mother gives your heart new focus – it shows you that love is not a thing which can be run out of, there is always room for more to grow.
10. Being a mother connects you in a new way to your mother, grandmothers, and mothers everywhere. You learn to understand all these fabulous women in a way you never could. When you experience something, you realize, they’ve experienced these things, too. They’ve lived it, survived it, loved it. It gives you a connection you wouldn’t even notice hadn’t been there until is.
