Life as Mom Lately

Posted by darlingdarleenadmin on May 12, 2015

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers, grandmothers, nannies, role models, and all women who play important roles in children and adult lives! I had a beautiful Mother’s Day this year. Nothing too special, but just a day I got to fully spend with my family. I love the little things my children did for me that they knew would bring a smile to my face. I haven’t been very personal on my blog in a long time and have change the tone and direction of the posts on my blog. But I do want to say that I love my most important role in life and that is being a mother to my children. They are my pride and joy! They make my life complete and are my everything. I have learned so much from them. Mostly, how I can be a better person and the weaknesses I have and need to make stronger. Also, how I can be a better mother, sister, friend and overall better person.

Honestly, life as Mom as been a difficult balancing act for me this year. I feel like I am coming to an end of the baby years and entering the pre-teenage years. While at the same time for me, I’m grappling with the thoughts of what am I going to do next since I’m not going to be pregnant, nursing or chasing a toddler anymore. My last child is coming out of the baby stage and requests more independence while still needing a lot of attention. And my oldest is entering middle school and processing the rapidly-changing world around her while still having quite a bit of innocence in her. Each one of my children have different strengths and emotions, and each need to be loved and discipled different from each other. I feel like daily I need to constantly be paying attention to those signals in my children so I don’t miss an opportunity to teach and love. I want to protect and be their guardian from dangers of the world; however, I know that is not possible so I just want to do my best, teach them properly, love them unconditionally and give all of me to them…and I hope I don’t screw up along the way.

I will say that I do a lot of praying to God about each one my children–asking for guidance, wisdom and direction, ways to handle different situations and lots of forgiveness…because many times I screw up. Anyway, motherhood has been a huge learning process and continues to be so. But it is also one of the greatest gifts I cherish.