You know, one thing I love about a move is it requires you to re-look through boxes you haven't opened in quite awhile. It's almost like a treasure hunt because you forget about most of the things you've put in there.
A couple of days ago I found a book that my sister, Jodie, had given me at the beginning of my pregnancy. It's called The Mother in Me.
Something my sister wrote to me inside the cover has got me thinking:
"Dearest Kate,
I'm so happy that you are becoming a Mother. It's the greatest gift we give to the world... I hope you enjoy these stories, successes, and sorrows of other mothers. Just know that you are never alone. God and the mothers that go before you will help you. Happy Birthday. I love you. - JP"
"The mothers that go before you will help you." Although it has been such a comfort to me to read these women's thoughts, the past couple of days I've been thinking that hearing the stories, successes, and sorrows of the mothers in my own life would be even more powerful.
Motherhood is about transformation- it's something that you grow into rather than something that happens to you all at once. I'm still in the first stages of motherhood, so I can't yet comprehend the joy and nitty-grittyness of it all.
I've decided to surround myself with the stories of the mothers in my life that are farther along this delightful, arduous, exhilarating path each one of us has decided to walk on. I'm hoping that it will give me more courage than I've been feeling lately.
I'm calling it "Countdown to Motherhood" and every wednesday I plan to post the thoughts of family and friends until I finally have my baby... and maybe a few weeks after that so I have time to heal :)
Tomorrow is the first day and I hope you come back and join me in this journey.
See I read this and made a great comment which isn't here so I am making a short comment. I was here! Love, Mom
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