I’m not sure if this is the last time.
The last time I feel sensation of life stirring inside of me.
The last time my body grows every inch of a human being, and I grow with it.
Read MorePregnancy has shaped more than my body.
It has shaped my mind and heart.
Because there is so much involved with carrying a baby, much more than the physical weight.
It’s the weight of the worry.
Read MorePregnancy has shaped more than my body.
It has shaped my mind and heart.
Because there is so much involved with carrying a baby, much more than the physical weight.
Read MoreA mother’s tired is in her bones.
It’s her normal.
It’s something her body becomes used to, even though her mind doesn’t.
And it doesn’t just start in the postpartum period with her first child.
Read MorePregnancy is different when you have other children to care for already.
It’s a miracle, and no less special than your first, but it’s where the splitting of your attention starts.
Holding them in your arms is simply where it continues.
Read MoreI have moments that come over me right now.
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When I’m getting up at night to cuddle my little boy back to sleep, forgetting how many times I’ve been up already.
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When I’m holding my toddler who is having a hard time with her emotions, my own hanging by a thread.
Read MoreThey don’t see everything.
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They see the two pink lines.
The excitement of the news.
The ultrasound photos.
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Read MoreI’m having a baby,
And it feels like you’re still a baby.
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You’re so small, and dependent.
Your body still fits inside the outline of mine.
Our nights still lead us to each other.
Read MoreI remember it so well
Waiting the recommended time
Nervous on the toilet seat
Praying for two lines
Read MoreThe mornings are the hardest.
I wake up feeling like I have a hangover, but I haven’t been drinking.
I can smell my husband’s coffee from down the hallway and it makes me want to barf.
I’m so tired from being up with my younger children. How on earth will I survive?
Read MorePregnant Mama,
Can I just say how amazing you are?
It can be easy to forget that.
But you are.
Please know that you are.
That body of yours is working miracles every single day right now.
Read MoreThis is what my husband saw moments after I gave birth to our second child.
His wife exhausted, overwhelmed with every emotion possible.
Read MoreDear the pending mother of two,
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You wonder how can you do this with more.
It’s hard enough with one.
How can I add to the hard?
Where’s the room?
How will I cope?
Read MoreI waited and waited for you,
For nine whole months.
Since the beginning which felt so rough,
The middle which felt like a teaser,
Through the end which felt so long.
Read MoreOverdue mama, ⠀
It’s been a long wait hasn’t it?
The days are passing by at snail pace, and waiting for the clock hand to reach a new hour is like watching paint dry.
You’re tired and over being over it.
You thought they would be here by now,
But they’re not.
I have so many questions for you.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
How are you going to enter the world when you are ready?⠀
Will it be at rapid pace like your sister or will it be slow and delayed?⠀⠀⠀⠀
A mother’s heart,⠀
It’s not just any heart.⠀
It’s exudes warmth, even on the darkest of days.⠀
It’s the sun breaking through the clouds, and the yellow flowers opening above the weeds.⠀ It knows no different. It’s mission is to love bravely. It’s purpose is to serve selflessly.