Motherhood Is A Dream Come True

 

If you asked me when growing up what I wanted to be, my immediate answer was always a mom. Even throughout college, the last thing on most people mind is children, but not me. I wanted to be a mother.

 

I think this dream of wanting to always be a mom comes from the great relationship my mother and I have together. She is always very patient with me and so sweet and kind. She always let me dream big and supported me in all my new adventures. She encouraged me through trying out new hobbies, sports, and finding out who I am. Even though the not so fun years of teenage drama she was truly my compass but allowed me to find my way on my own at the same time. I just remember feeling so safe, loved, and supported by her when growing up. I still do.

I have always said this, and I tell her every Mother’s Day, I want nothing more than to be as great of a mom as she is to me. Getting that opportunity would be the best thing ever.

Now when the time comes, when you’re ready to have a baby, you don’t prepare yourself that it might not happen right away. Especially for me, I longed to be a mother for so long and the idea that it might not happen was the scariest experience. Probably my worst fear. What if I don’t get to be a mom?

We found out I was pregnant a few weeks before mother’s day last year. It was too earlier to announce that I was pregnant but it all felt so surreal that I had this tiny baby inside me. That I became a mom. A few weeks prior when I had got my two lines on my pregnancy test, I cried tears of joy. I had to race off to work and cried the whole way there and thanked God for answering my many prayers. Throughout my whole pregnancy it kept feeling surreal and I couldn’t wait to meet my baby.

Her birthday was the best day of my life, marrying my husband is a very close second. Of course I felt bonded with her having her inside for 9 months. But it was nothing like finally getting to meet her. It is almost indescribable. Having seen her and held her made carrying her for 9 months all that more special. She was the one inside and she was the one doing dance parties at night when it was time to sleep. God answered my prayers and not only gifted me with a beautiful baby, but He gave me Harper.

Being her mom has awakened something profoundly deep within me. Something that you don’t get to experience until you become a mother. It is this overwhelming massive huge love for your baby. It is a you will do anything and everything to keep your baby safe, happy, and loved feeling. I wake up every morning just overfilled with emence happiness that I get to spend another day with her. I get excited to learn more about her and watch her grow.

Your priorities shift and your reason “why” becomes clear. My life got better and grander because of her. I want nothing more than to be the best mother I can be to her. I finally get to be what I wanted to grow up and be. I get to live our the rest of my life with having my dreams become my reality. And there truly is nothing better. Miss Harper Grace, you made your mama’s dreams come true.

 

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