EMOTIVE SESSION IN THE WOODS CELEBRATING MOTHERHOOD
I was tempted to caption this “one year of motherhood.”
But I was already her mother when I showed my husband our positive pregnancy tests. When I counted down the days until our first ultrasound and smiled in awe when I finally heard her heartbeat for the first time. And when my heart melted feeling her kick and seeing my big belly move. And when I worried over every little thing while she was growing in my body and did everything I could to keep her safe and healthy. And when I thought about finally meeting her and wondered who she would be.
So let’s call it one year of knowing her earth side. One year of being able to hold her in my arms.
It’s crazy to think she’s only been on this earth a little longer than I carried her in my womb. It feels like we’ve known her for an eternity and I cannot imagine life without her, and yet like she was born, I blinked, and here we are.
This year has been full of happy tears, tears of frustration, feelings of inadequacy, greater joy than I have ever known, laughter, emotional breakdowns, snuggles, love, growth, tenderness.
Motherhood is everything I thought it would be and nothing I thought it would be. It is amazing, challenging, marvelous, maddening, fulfilling, isolating, inspiring and beautiful. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. It is the greatest honor I have ever had.
I am so thankful for this life and this journey.
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