In The Beginning

Do you remember how scary it was the first few weeks of having a baby? Your hormones are firing like crazy and all the sudden this beautiful moment in life becomes the scariest, and you honestly don't know what you were thinking? Ok, you don't have to admit it..but we know you thought it too! So a few weeks later you've lost the guilt of thinking it in the first place, and you can genuinely say, this is the best thing you've ever done in your life. Some of us need meds to get to that point, but we get there just the same. Being a parent is one of the greatest things you can be in this life. It's not easy, it doesn't get easier yet it's so worth it.

Last night I had a great overnight visit from my best friend who I hadn't seen in a year due to me moving out of state. I didn't think he had the open heart to children. You know how you can see who loves kids by how they act from the first minute of meeting your children. We'll Jadyn was bouncing on his foot because she was insainly hyper from having a visitor, and he stopped her right away. I made a note to my self, "Ok, he doesn't have much tolerance for the kiddos."

Boy was I wrong! He told me he was ready for kids in his life. Big shock to me. He looked at Jadyn as she played on the computer and said, "Sue, she's perfect, whatever you are doing keep on doing it. Both of them are perfect." I, in turn, cried and asked, "Really? Because I feel like i'm doing such a bad job at this."

There it was. Someone really important to me, validated my mommy-hood, I got the pat on the back that we all yearn for being parents, or better yet, stay-at-home-moms. Nothings ever felt better. Well, loosely put :)