Below is what motherhood means to me.
Motherhood is love. It is joy and pain at its highest, most intense level. It is learning to deal with loving another person more then your own life. Someone once said that having children is like having your heart walking outside of your body. This is the closest description that I have ever heard.
For those of you that do not have children, you have no idea what a parents love feels like. Nieces and nephews don't count. Of course you can adore any child, but unless you are that child's caretaker 24/7, day in and day out, it is just not the same. The patience needed to care for a rambunctious toddler, or a smart mouthed pre teen is intense. Some days you can feel pushed to the limit.
Motherhood is patience. Its taking a deep breath and counting to ten. Or twelve, maybe fifty, depending on the situation, before simply losing it. And not all mothers are biological. There are so many incredible people out there who take on other peoples children.... grandparents, step-parents, adoptive parents... all of whom deserve EVEN MORE respect, because they are doing this incredibly hard, incredibly important job, not because they are obligated to but out of the love in their heart.
Motherhood is understanding. Understanding that everyone makes mistakes. We, as mothers, are not perfect. So, obviously a child cannot be perfect either. But in the eyes of a mother, her babies ARE perfect. They are our own personal miracle, given to us by God, and we often wonder how we were ever so lucky to have these perfect little people as part of our lives.
Motherhood is putting the well being and happiness of another before our own. Its sacrifice and struggling without so much as a second thought. Because to a mom, nothing is more important that seeing their perfect little loves happy.
Its so many emotions wrapped into one. But the strongest of those emotions is pure, unconditional love. A love so fierce that most mothers would risk their lives for their child's safety and wellbeing.
A mothers love means everything to a child. No matter how many mistakes you may have made... no matter how badly you feel as though you've failed, in your kids eyes, YOU are perfect. A child doesn't see our most obvious faults. They love unconditionally.
Words can not even begin to describe the love that I feel for my babies but I thank God for them every day and pray every night that I will be the best mom that I can be for these little people that depend on me with their lives <3
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