Well tomorrow is Mother's day, and even though it's my second year being a mother it feels like it is my first. Last year I didn't have Aaron here with me and lets face it, I was a zombie with a newborn doing it alone so I hardly remember anything from that year he was overseas! I love being a mom, and Kaelyn may yell "da-da" 99% of the time but when she does say "ma-ma" it totally melts my heart.
For those of you that don't know Kaelyn was our second pregnancy. We had miscarried in August of 2008, and I became pregnant with her in December of the same year. Kaelyn just happened to come into this world on the EXACT day that we lost the first baby, so instead of being a sad day it was a day filled with joy and positive emotions. I wouldn't trade parenthood for anything! I love the excitement, the challenges and all of the love it takes to be a Mom. I don't however care for all the puke and poop but hey, thats temporary right?!? I am already dreading her teenage years and Aaron is slowly adding to his firearms collection because anyone that knows him knows that he will be the father cleaning his shotguns, drinking a Budweiser on the front porch the night of her prom or first date! Parenthood doesn't come with a manual....you raise your children off of experience, wisdom and instinct. You learn something new each day as a parent, and sometimes its our kids that teach us! (Not that we would ever admit it!)
I also want to thank my mama for raising me so well... she allowed me freedom and let my sister and I be our own people. Even though I was young at the time, I will never forget when she was a single mom working two jobs to make ends meet.
So happy Mothers Day to all you moms, moms to be and women who want to become moms one day!!!!!
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