This year for my first official Mother's Day, my mom gave me a part of a poem she found about being a mom. I loved it so much because it is exactly how I feel and obviously how other moms feel too. Anyway, I have wanted to share it with my friends so here is some of it. If you are not a mom yet, once you are, I am sure you will agree. It is funny how at the end of a long day, I am so excited to put the babies to bed and have a nice quiet evening, but once they have been asleep for about an hour, I start to miss them and then can't wait for the next day to come! Sorry I don't know the author of the poem:
Before I was a mom- I slept as late as I wanted, I cleaned my house each day, I never tripped over toys...
Before I was a mom-I had never been puked on, pooped on, spit-up on, chewed on, or peed on... I had complete control of my mind and thoughts, I never looked into teary eyes and cried, I never got so gloriously happy over a simple grin...
Before I was a mom- I never sat up late hours watching sleeping babies, I never held a baby just because I didn't want to put it down, I never felt my heart break into a million pieces because I couldn't stop the hurt, I never knew something so small could affect my life so much...
Before I was a mom- I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby, I didn't know something so small could make me feel so important and so needed..
Before I was a mom- I never got up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes just to make sure all was okay (and everyone was breathing), I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a mom, I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a mom.
