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Did you ever think, when you were younger, that you would be a mom some day?
Did you ever wonder if you would be any good at it?
I always thought it would happen some day. I didn’t plan my first child and if he did not happen to come along I think I would still be stuck in the “some day”. As for the wondering if I am any good as a mother, my husband keeps reminding me that the kids are happy, smiling and healthy. What more could I want?
I wanted to compose a letter or a poem to my little ones to convey what they mean to me but words fail me. I don’t even know if any words could express the love that a mother feels for her children. So I wrote down a little something just for today.
A Mothers Day Thought.
Dear little ones,
There are 3 of you now. How I deserve you I do not know.
I carried you all to 39+ weeks, a breech baby, a b2b failed vbac and a forced c-sec are your arrival stories. Not the way I wanted to meet you. I dreamed of a home water birth, that went perfect, lifting you up in some beautiful haze of love.
I tried to breastfeed you, with varied results.
I remember staring at each of you for hours, taking in your every feature. I was in awe of your very existence.
Tiny hands and feet, I took pictures of. You my first born even had a heart shaped belly button for a time.
My first born, I recall the excitement of your grandfather showing you off to family for the first time as his first grandchild and the carrier of the family name into the next generation. At the time of this letter you have just turned 4 years old. I am loving every minute and can’t wait to see what you do next.
My second born, we labored 24 hours together before you were born. I held you close and kept you to myself, you were all mine and relished in that fact. You were different than what I expected and took 2 days to name. Today at 2 and half years of age you are my shadow and follow me everywhere.
My beautiful little girl, my third born. Daddy wished for a daddy’s girl. I didn’t believe you were a girl until I saw you. You are almost a year old already and have all your grandparents (who have all still to meet you) around your little fingers. Those lush lashes and cheeky grin surely have something to do with it.
Although I feel as if our time is going way to fast together, I still cherish every moment.
Forever you are in my heart, love, Mommy. xoxo
[quote style=”1″]Mothers hold their child’s hand for a moment and their heart for a life time…[/quote]
These inner thoughts are linked to an awesome blog hop for mothers day. Let’s give each other a hug to be read around the world!
In honor of Mother’s Day, 22 blogger moms are uniting forces to Celebrate the Difference in Motherhood!
We come in all different shapes, sizes and shades from all over the world so why would we expect to all parent in the same way. As moms we are constantly under attack with the most recent coming from The Wall Street Journal against mom bloggers which happened to be written by a woman. That kind of nonsense is exactly why we want to come together and be an example of how moms can support one another.
It’s ridiculous that we would attack another mom because she chooses: To blog. To nurse. To homeschool. To not spank. To do private education. To use cloth diapers. To have 5 children. To not feed our children organic food. Or whatever it maybe. Its not a matter of difference it’s a matter of respect. Showing respect to each other even if we choose differently for our families. God knows parenting is hard enough we don’t need any more people “boo’ing” us off stage, what we need is someone to walk along our side.
Moms let’s support one another and celebrate the difference!
Each blogger will share a parenting story on whatever topic of her choice. Stop by to laugh, cry and be encouraged in your parenting journey. We hope you walk away encouraged.
Blog Hop {visit and share a hug}
Celebrating the differences of Motherhood is brought to you by our host, Inspired by Family, and by the following contributing blogs: Kids Activities Blog, Rainbows within Reach, Powerful Mothering, Fun-a-Day, The Pleasantest Thing, Royal Baloo, Laly Mom, True Aim, Kids Stuff World, The Imagination Laboratory, Smiling like Sunshine, Teach Beside Me, JDaniel 4’s Mom, Kitchen Counter Chronicle, My Nearest and Dearest, Nate and Rachel, Two-Daloo, Mamas Like Me, Mama Miss, One Mommy.
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If you are a blogger and you have a story or something to share on how you celebrated motherhood, feel free to add a link to your post so we can read your story as well. Note: by sharing you give us permission to feature you (attributing of course).
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grownandflown says
How lovely that you took the time to write to each of your children – they not how this precious gift for life! Happy Mother’s day.
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OneMommy says
Motherhood — there is nothing quite like it. And nothing that brings me to tears than to read another woman’s view of it — I definitely cherish every moment!
Pary Moppins says
What a neat celebration of diversity and I love the letters to your children. They will treasure those when they’re older.