Ok, so I was reading a friend of mine's blog from Wednesday before she went in for her scheduled induction. She was writing about how she was rubbing her belly and imagining all the things her daughter would do in her life and then started thinking about how her mom must have done the same thing when pregnant with her, and her grandma before that, and on and on.
You know, having a child yourself makes you appreciate everything your own mother went through with you. So, I guess I've started to take my mother for granted a little less and now I understand what she went through (having had 6 of us) with a little more empathy. And, especially the 3 younger ones of us, who she cared for day in and day out by herself. I mean, she was working, going to school and taking care of 3 little people! I only have to take care of 1 little person by myself and I'm exhausted!
It's so strange that for 34 years I never gave it much thought, that whole parenthood thing. I thought, "oh fun, we get to have a baby!" never once considering how life changing it would actually be. And not just life changing from the standpoint of having a little buddy to tote everywhere with you! I mean, emotion changing, viewpoint changing, experiential learning type of stuff.
So, for all the sacrifices you made to care for your children, specifically me, THANKS MOM!
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