Today is Mother’s Day and I am reflecting on my life as mom, the GREATEST joy in my life! I wrote this 3 years ago and wanted to share it today as I prepare for the next great role in my life, that of a grandmother. Yes, my baby and his wife are having a baby, and this little life coming into the world is already so loved. Motherhood is amazing and now I look forward to what life as a grandma will be. How I wish my mother and my mother-in-law could be here to see their youngest grandson become a father and to see my husband and I in our new roles.
Greatly missing my mom today!
As a young girl I had dreams of what I wanted to be when I grew up….a teacher, a writer, a singer, an actress and then a social worker. The ideas changed and the dreams changed as I grew and learned more about myself and the world around me.
But there was one dream that never changed….. that of being a mother. From a very young age I dreamed of having my own children and being a mom. Of course my dream of becoming a mom was for selfish reasons….I wanted to love and be loved. And I knew that having a child of my own, then I would be loved, unconditionally.
At my very core, the core of all that I am, I wanted to be a mom!
I was 20 years old when I became a mom for the first time. From the day I was told…
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