Until You're A Mom

Until you're a Mom, you don't understand the word "worry."

Until you're a Mom, you put yourself first. You spend your money on clothes, on going out of town on the weekends, on pricey Coach purses.

You wish that parents would get their kids to quit crying in restaurants because really, it can't be that hard.

You really wish that the woman in the corner would quit breastfeeding her child in public because it's making you really uncomfortable.

Until you're a Mom, you don't understand why people have such a hard time leaving their kids with a babysitter. You don't understand why dropping a kid off at day care is such a traumatizing experience. I mean, you're getting away from a screaming baby for eight hours. That's good, right?

You don't get how a Hallmark commercial could make a person cry.

You don't fully understand the meaning of the word love. You don't understand the weight of having another human totally rely on you for every little thing.

But then you become a Mom. And it all makes sense.

You understand that you are responsible for bringing up a child. You are responsible for helping them frame their future.

You know that you would do anything, ANYTHING to make your child happy. And you would sacrifice anything to give them what they want.

You realize that parenting is hard. A lot harder than it looks.

That the reason those other Moms look so tired is because they are. That babies don't always sleep through the night.

That babies rarely sleep through the night.

That even though having a child is difficult at times (like when your baby is cutting teeth or when he wants fed at 2:00 a.m.) it is the most gratifying, wonderful, magical thing in the world. And even though there are those rough times, you wouldn't change it for anything.

Because your child is everything to you. A precious gift sent to you by God.

A miracle.

A blessing.

Until you're a Mom, you don't know all of those things.

And you most certainly do not feel as blessed holding your new Coach purse as you do holding your beautiful baby boy.

How awesome it is to be a Mom.















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