Chasing Rainbows: Author Unknown...

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Author Unknown...

I Will Be A Wonderful Mother - Author Unknown

There are women who become mothers without effort, without thought, without patience or loss, and though they are good mothers and love their children, I know that I will be better.

I will be better not because of genetics or money or because I have read more books, but because I have struggled and toiled for this child. I have longed and waited. I have cried and prayed. I have endured and planned over and over again.

Like most things in life, the people who truly have appreciation are those who have struggled to attain their dreams.

I will notice everything about my child. I will take time to watch my child sleep, explore, and discover. I will marvel at this miracle every day for the rest of my life. I will be happy when I wake in the middle of the night to the sound of my child, knowing that I can comfort, hold, and feed him and that I am not waking to take another temperature, pop another pill, take another shot or cry tears of a broken dream. My dream will be crying for me.

I count myself lucky in this sense; that God has given me this insight, this special vision with which I will look upon my child. Whether I parent a child I actually give birth to or a child that God leads me to, I will not be careless with my love. I will be a better mother for all that I have endured.

Yes, I will be a wonderful mother.

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I did not write this. Although I don't believe (in any way) that I am, will be, could be a "better Mother"...I love how this writer expressed what's in my heart. Especially the part about waking up in the night. Ask Ed...I used to hope that someone would wake up so I had more time to be with them. Can you tell what's on my mind this weekend? I hope you're enjoying yours.

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mpenceFebruary 25, 2012 at 10:30 AM
It took me to my 5th baby to understand the preciousness and specialness of those night time feedings, alone with baby, when all the rest of the house (world) is still...those times when I do not have to share my baby, nor do I have to do any other chores...when it is just me and this precious little person God has blessed me with.

Praying for you this weekend!
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