Understanding Motherhood

I am a nurse and a therapist. A mediator and events planner. I am a hair-stylist and a chauffeur. I cook, I clean, and I blow multiple noses. I am a personal shopper, a home decorator, and a teacher. More occupations are added to my role as a mother as my children increase in age. I do not get paid and the benefits usually come from personal satisfaction of accomplishing the fore mentioned duties. Days off seem to be allotted only when I have a doctor's appointment or a crisis on my hands that cannot be solved by chasing after two toddlers. For me, Motherhood starts at 5:30am and continues until 8:30pm. If I were to include the hours when the children are sleeping and I am restlessly tossing and turning wondering if they are warm enough or safe enough in their own beds, I could easily say that Motherhood is a 24 hour/7 days a week position.


All that said, I wouldn't change it for the world! Motherhood has taught me selflessness. It has taught me sacrifice. Being the mother of two toddlers who test me four or five times a day has taught me patience and encourages me to love differently. I now know to love every little idiosyncrasy. I love the independence they develop from day to day. I love the arguing because it helps my children's voices get heard. I love the disobedience because the time-outs teach them right from wrong. But most of all I love my children for their innocence. They are little people unaware of safety and cooperation but with my help they are learning.

This Thanksgiving, I am thankful to be a mother. The days off are few but this is easy to forget when memories are being made and love embraces each day.





Jeremy, I love you too! I am Thankful for my whole family.

(Taken this summer in the Detroit airport)