Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Motherhood
I just finished watching an episode of Oprah that I had recorded about motherhood. More specifically, the good, the bad and the ugly of motherhood. I am so glad I am a mom at a time when it is becoming okay to be honest about your feelings. It is becoming more and more okay to talk about postpartum depression (which even adoptive mothers can have......TRUST ME!), and to talk about not loving being a mom every moment of every day. I am thankful that I have my mom and sisters to talk with who let me know that wanting to lock my children in their rooms for hours on end is normal - not okay, but normal. One thing that a woman on the Oprah show said that I loved was, "we are all trying to love motherhood as much as we love our children." It is so true!! I love my children more than anything but I DO NOT love all that comes with being a mom. Andy said it best, "I love being a daddy, but I do not love being a parent.". AMEN!! But, in the end, we signed up for this and even though we had NO CLUE what we were getting ourselves into, we are in it for the long haul and are just going to try and do our best......which is all anyone can ask for!! And, according to my mom, it will all be worth it someday when we can be grandparents!!!
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good heavens---i hope the pay-off is as good as mom promises--
have fun in cali and be safe---im excited for girls night next week
i recorded the same show. it was like someone was finally telling me that it's ok to not always like motherhood. you think it's going to be so easy and wonderful, and sometimes i just plain hate it. and their have been a few times where i've thought, why did i do this? and then andrew gives me kisses, or he lets me tickle and cuddle with him, and i think, ok this is it.
You gotta be careful putting locks on children's doors. You never know when they will lock you in. (Yes, and Yes).
Of course most of us can claim that sex just feels so good that we forgot ourselves. (Or something to that effect.) But you guys really signed up for it.
Yes, the pay-off is great! Being a mom has to be hardest job of any on earth, but in the end, it's worth it. Unlike anything else, the "pay-off" lasts forever and even multiplies.
Well said! I completely agree with everything you wrote. Being a mother is the most amazing and the hardest thing I have ever done.
"Momma said they'll be days like this!" It gets harder the more you have. There are times (cleaning up poop from under Marcus' bed this morning bright and early) that I do not want anymore children....and other times that I look at Siena and how cute and sweet she is and think-one more:)
This is so true! I've realized that as much as mothers can find amazing support these days, I still need to be my biggest cheerleader just to make it through the ups and downs of my personal mothering experience. Thank you for this post!
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