[Before I Was a Mom...]

I am enjoying the start of my Mother's Day. I am in my office drinking a hot cup of coffee with a view of my three children in the family room cuddled up together on the couch watching The Parent Trap. Feeling pretty soft and fuzzy. Basically feeling pretty dang sappy. FEELING VERY BLESSED. It really doesn't help that I'm listening to Darius Rucker's song: "It Won't Be Like This For Long." If any mothers out there haven't heard that song... go download it! The first time I heard it I was CRYING huge, HUGE tears. It totally melted my heart.

Anyway- I wish all Moms a great day! Happy Mother's Day!



My friend Julie sent this to me in an email last week and I thought I'd share it here.

Before I was a Mom, I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom, I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on. I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts. I slept all night.



Before I was a Mom, I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests. Or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom, I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.! I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.



Before I was a Mom, I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.. I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child. I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom, I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. 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 .