A Post for the Mommas Part II

Yesterday’s post clearly struck a chord with some folks.  The bottom line is parenting little ones is hard.  I remember so many days I felt so overwhelmed, I wasn’t sure if it would ever get better. 

While there is no doubt they are hard, there are moments tucked inside the hard that make it all worth it.  And they are moments you can’t manufacture any other way. Moments, that like diamonds, are produced under great pressure with brilliant results.

Like feeling a baby hiccupping inside your tummy.

Like looking into your baby’s face and seeing your features beautifully melded with features of that boy’s you fell in love with in high school.

Like looking at your Mom in the birthing room and saying I did it, I really did it and knowing she knows because she did the same thing with you.

Or like smelling new baby hair and feeling it rest on your arms while you cuddle.

Or watching your body change and produce and solely nourish a baby for months.

Like seeing that first smile.

 

Or watching your husband get on the floor and help teach a little baby to crawl and then nothing like the look you exchange when they do it.

 

Like seeing a person take their first steps.

Or singing the ABC song ad nauseum and then listening as a little one sings it back to you.

 

Or watching a little one see rainbow or a tiger or a fish or many, many, other beautiful things for the first time.

Like watching a simple hug or smile completely calm your child down.

Or hearing “I wuv you, mommy.”

 

Or figuring out that your child loves ketchup or hates onions or can’t live without goldfish.

Parenting sure is hard but there is nothing like it. Every single hard time is worth just seconds of the good times.

When things get tough, I always tell myself This too shall pass.  It helps me remember that the bad won’t last long, but more importantly, that the good won’t either so be grateful while it lasts. 

There’s no doubt the hard is hard but don’t forget the good is oh so good.