No one really tells you that motherhood is less about giving birth to a child and more about giving birth to yourself , over and over. I read a quote that said " Every time a mother births a child, a new version of her is also born i.e. for every new child, there's a new mommy." They warn you about sleepless nights, stretch marks, and how your tea will always go cold before the second sip, which are all true to some degree but what they don’t prepare you for is how deeply motherhood rearranges your heart (and mindset). How it humbles you. How it softens and strengthens you in the same breath and how freakin' hard it is. Yes, it's H for hard . I remember the early days holding my tiny human (now all grown) and wondering, “God, are you sure you trusted me with this?” and as an amateur in this field, I doubted my capability to parent well quite often. Motherhood taught me patience in ways no sermon ever could. It exposed my limits and then gently pushed me past t...
"She sought a nest to lay her random thoughts and this space presented itself."