2 posts tagged “parenting”
So, Mother's day was yesterday (you all know this, I'm sure as I've read some of the blogs about it). And I have to say that I definitely look forward to when I can have a Mother's day with my own kid(s). My husband came to see me this weekend (as he does every weekend while we await Nathan), and one of the first things that he said to me was "Happy Mother's Day." Although it was technically Saturday because it was...I believe 3:00 AM when he got here, it was still sweet and he was the only one to actually say that to me. Other than my best friend and my cousin. And when he said it, I thought about it...am I really worthy of a "Happy Mother's Day" greeting?
The women who hear this every Mother's Day are the ones who have tolerated the poop-in-the-tub-toddlers and the screaming babies, or the worst of all, the teenagers who are so sure that they know everything and you know nothing. These are the women who wear their kids' sports pictures on pins like First Place Trophies in the worldwide Parenting Olympics. I was definitely humbled when I thought of all of the things that I didn't do this year to qualify me for that "mother" title. Sure, I've been pregnant and dealing with that, but again, I haven't done any actual parenting to deserve a parenting day title. So in conclusion to that paragraph, hats off to all of the mothers who have brought their children through the past year alive, with at least 25% of your hair still intact. I hope that at this time next year, when we have Nathan raised to almost a year old, I can look back to this post and recognize success equal to what I see on many of the blogs that I read.
I was reading through a list of blogs that I love. Including the likes of Sarcastic Journalist, and Oh My Stinkin' Heck. I love reading these blogs of women who have young children and seeing the things that they go through on a day to day basis. And I love the way that they take everything that happens, from urine in the carpets to their children beating each other, with such lightheartedness and laughing humor. I'm pregnant with my first child and I'm wondering if I'll be able to take things as lightly. I want to be a good mother and I think that I will be. I just don't know that I can smile when I've just been creamed in the face with rice cereal. I truly hope that I can, but as I was reading today, I just thought that I would like to commend these extraordinary women who make my days roll by a little faster, by giving me humor in my day (I can see the humor in it...when it happens to someone else =] ).
My son is due, I've just realized in just over 60 days. I'm a wreck. I don't have anything done. My stomach hurts, there's tons of pressure in there and I don't know what's going on. But, I do have a baby shower coming up on Saturday, after which I can start preparing things for my new arrival. I'm ecstatic =]. I really am excited for June to get here so I can hold my little boy, even if that involves the 26 hours of pain that it involved for me to get here. Of course, I'm human. I'm praying for a 6 hour labor complete with only 20 minutes of pushing and I want to bring home a baby who will immediately sleep through the night. What can I say? I'm an optimist.
I do realize that this was probably the most random blog post that you've ever read. Nothing really happened today, so I didn't have anything to talk about, but I figured I would give you a little bit of insight into the things that I think about, and what makes the wheels in my head start rolling. I promise that I will have something better to say/talk about the next time that I update this blog. In the meantime, I am looking for a community where people will appreciate my sense of humor and my outlook on things, I would like to see people read this and think about the things that I think about. I love feed back =]
