Becoming a mother is a wonderful, exhilarating experience. Raising children brings new meaning to every moment of your life and depth to your experience as a human being. Your new identity as a mother can be all-consuming and, for a time, you may lose touch with your pre-mother self. But becoming a parent also requires a revolutionary change in the way you not only live your day-to-day life, but alters your very identity as a person. When you give birth, you not only deliver a baby, but you give birth to a family.
Before I had kids, I lived my life for myself. I definitely put serious thought into decisions like, "Which nail polish color is going to look best with my tan?" and "Do this red kurti go well with skinny jeans?" When I became a mother, everything changed. Suddenly, the responsibility of taking care of another human being weighed heavily on my shoulders. My former worries and concerns seemed superfluous by comparison.
At the same time as I was grappling with my new responsibilities and concerns as a mom, I began to realize that motherhood is an invisible job. The work of a mother is never done and yet it is one of the most unnoticed jobs out there. As a mom, you work hard all day caring for your newborn infant, but when someone asks, "What did you do all day?" how do you answer? Saying, "I fed my baby, changed diapers and scrubbed gallons of vomit off the Bed and floor" just doesn't quite sum it up.
But besides those sleepless nights, whole day tiring odd jobs, a fluent storyteller, a clown without a big hat I feel my greatest personal discoveries come from my desire to be a better mother
My greatest gift is my daughter’s eyes reflecting back to me what I need to discover for myself. Slowly, with the passage of time I feel that motherhood is first and foremost it feels my heart with great compassion when ISHI calls out my name fearlessly…. “MAAMAAA”
Before I had kids, I lived my life for myself. I definitely put serious thought into decisions like, "Which nail polish color is going to look best with my tan?" and "Do this red kurti go well with skinny jeans?" When I became a mother, everything changed. Suddenly, the responsibility of taking care of another human being weighed heavily on my shoulders. My former worries and concerns seemed superfluous by comparison.
At the same time as I was grappling with my new responsibilities and concerns as a mom, I began to realize that motherhood is an invisible job. The work of a mother is never done and yet it is one of the most unnoticed jobs out there. As a mom, you work hard all day caring for your newborn infant, but when someone asks, "What did you do all day?" how do you answer? Saying, "I fed my baby, changed diapers and scrubbed gallons of vomit off the Bed and floor" just doesn't quite sum it up.
But besides those sleepless nights, whole day tiring odd jobs, a fluent storyteller, a clown without a big hat I feel my greatest personal discoveries come from my desire to be a better mother
My greatest gift is my daughter’s eyes reflecting back to me what I need to discover for myself. Slowly, with the passage of time I feel that motherhood is first and foremost it feels my heart with great compassion when ISHI calls out my name fearlessly…. “MAAMAAA”
