Happy Mother's Day!!!

(This has to be one of my favorite first pics of Isaiah and I together - Isaiah's first Mommy Kiss) =0)

Before I was a Mom

Author Unknown*

Before I was a Mom,

I made and ate hot meals,

I had unstained clothing,

I brushed my hair every day,

I had quiet conversations on the phone,

I slept as late as I wanted and I slept all night long.

Before I was a Mom,

I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. (nor thought to make up my own) =0)

I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom,

I had never been puked on.

Pooped on.

Chewed on.

Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.

I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,

I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.

Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

Before I was a Mom,

I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put my baby down.

I never sat up late hours at night just watching my baby sleep.

I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much

or make me feel so important.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom,

I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.

I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.

I never knew I could love someone so much.

I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom,

I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth,

the joy,

the love,

the heartache,

the wonderment

or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,

before I was a Mom ...

*Author Unknown: I looked all over the web and couldn't find the author, but found several sites saying the author was unknown . . . as well as several versions of the same poem =0)

Happy Mother's Day to Nai-Nai and Grams (wonderful mothers), and every other mom out there who reads my blog =0)

The very first time Nai-Nai and Grams held Isaiah =0)