What Motherhood means to me
Motherhood is.... Mourning the loss of your old life
Welcoming in your new one
It's not like the movies
It's really feeling like an adult for the first time
It's trying to maintain a source of identity
It's lonely even when you have a person with you all the time
It's baseball, basketball, running from thing to thing
It's the silent war of the working mothers vs the stay at home mothers
It's freaking out every time your child goes outside alone for their own state of independence but keeping that freak out all bottled up inside
It gives new meaning to the word all-nighter
It's letting go of control and allowing your partner to help, even when you think it's all your responsibility
It's learning to ask for help
It's finding new friends
Because you have to
It's trying to figure out how to go on a date with your spouse and NOT talk about your kids
It's not getting grossed out by things that used to gross you out
It's trying to get out of the slippery slope of wearing sweats all the time
It's realizing there is a fine line between being a cool mom and turning into Amy Poehler's character from the movie "Mean Girls"
That going food shopping or running to Target without kids feels almost as relaxing as a spa day
It's have a new found respect for single moms because it's hard enough to do it with two people
It's learning that motherhood can be gender neutral because I know a lot of stay at home dads that sound JUST like stay at home moms when the vent about every day stuff
It's unconditional love for sure
Happy Mother's Day! And feel free to add comments below to this one!
Thank you to Ashley of Pizzuti Photography for these images of me and my boys.
