Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to go crawl into a hole and pass out.
When AP asked me if I’d like to do a post for her while
she’s away I thought sure, I can do that.
Her readers are fun and they’ll love me!
But then she said I should write about the single greatest
lesson I’ve learned from my kids.
Hmmm….that’s tricky. I have learned lots and lots of stuff
since I became a mom. Probably I’ve learned more new stuff in the last three and a half years than I did in the previous
10 years combined.
Like:
-I can survive not getting more than 4 hours of straight
sleep for over a year.
-I really, really love breastfeeding.
-It’s a lot easier to make new friends when you have a baby
to take on play dates and to activities.
-Getting in and out of the car can cause great anxiety.
-Toys have the magical power to multiply over night.
I’ve also learned a ton about photography and design and
blogging…all things I knew practically nothing about before my kids were born.
But that’s all just stuff;
growing my life’s skill set.
You know what Andrew and Caroline have taught me about me?
That they are
absolutely enough.
Before they were born I was so afraid that I would be bored.
That I’d feel unfulfilled and lonely as a stay-at-home mom. I thought I’d want
a nanny so I could rush back to work and running errands and the gym. (The gym?
Just typing that make me laugh! I used to go all the time – really!)
And then they laid Andrew in my arms and there was nothing
more important in the whole wide world.
And I still feel that way. I have this fancy finance degree
that I use very rarely and I’m sure someday I’ll get back to it – when they’re
in school and require less of my time – but for now. This is exactly where I
should be. Where I want to be.
I feel like I’m making a daily, long-term investment in who
they are and who they will be, and to me that’s extremely rewarding. So even
when they’re driving me crazy and I don’t want to ever pick up another toy ever
again I know that just being their mom is everything I want to be.
I totally should have put a :) after my comment about y'all loving me! Ha! Thanks for having me AP! I'm glad you've had such a nice trip!
ReplyDeleteI love finding a new blog to read. You had me at, I really really love breastfeeding Meagan!
ReplyDeleteThat's such great truth! Nothing boring about being a stay at home mom :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, yay for breastfeeding!
I love this! I had a lot of the same worries before I had a baby - especially about "wasting my education" if I quit work. Bam. Gone. There's no place I'd rather be. Thanks for putting a beautiful voice to this sentiment! I'm coming over to your blog to read more!!
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