On Becoming a Mother

There's nothing quite like being a mother. There's also no good way to describe the experience. No good way to put words to the transformation that takes place in your heart and soul over those first few weeks of motherhood. No good way to explain the way your whole being expands to envelop this new little person in every way that you can - with love, with protection, with compassion, with pride, with everything you have to give. 

There's no good way to prepare a person for the way that "love" changes. Not only do you discover an entirely new kind of love as you fall head over heels for this tiny extension of yourself, you also discover an entirely new dimension to the love that you thought was already so full, so perfect, so complete - the love you bear for his Daddy. I suppose it makes perfect sense. The relationship is rocked to its core in so many ways (mostly positive!) when that first child arrives on the scene. The individuals within that relationship are transformed into something new and unknown - "mother" and "father". So much is changing. Most importantly, though, you suddenly share something so special - something that neither of you could live without. Watching each other care for that child so lovingly, with such tender care and concern, adds a brand new strand amongst the ties that bind you to one another. In my experience, you simply fall in love all over again.

Welcoming Eli into my world was just too much for words. I can't even begin to describe what he means to me, and how deeply blessed I feel to be celebrating this Mothers' Day as his mother. I am eternally grateful to my husband for our sweet little boy. But Eli's arrival also revealed a "Daddy" in my husband - a whole new, awe-inspiring dimension to adore. For that, I am eternally grateful to Eli.

Above all, I am eternally grateful to the One who has seen fit to bless me so fully. Each and every day I strive to appreciate the fullness of my life, and my loving husband and precious son are at the center of it all. Without them I would have nothing. With them, I have everything.