30 Women in 30 Days – Day 13
Celebrating Motherhood
Since the moment my first daughter was born 35 years ago motherhood has been my top priority in life. I fell in love with my baby girl and knew I would fight for her no matter what it took. My second daughter was born two years later and I loved my second baby girl as much as my first.
Parenting was challenging at times. They don’t stay babies forever and before you know it they’re out of your sight and starting to live their own life.
Eventually they become teenagers and the challenge of raising daughters peaks. I used every trick imaginable to get them both through high school and to keep them safe.
Then they left home and went to college. I cried my heart out and thought they would never come back. I guess it’s call the empty nest stage. Oh, but they did come back and they were grown women by then, college educated and ready to take the world on.
Somehow we all survived those years of joy and angst, pushing and pulling each other through the best and worst situations. We faced life together and shared our special love for each other when it was needed the most. We still do.
I wasn’t perfect but they both tell me I was a good mother. Who would know better than them? I did my job and now it’s their turn. Motherhood is contagious.
“What is so real as the cry of a child?
A rabbit’s cry may be wilder
But it has no soul.” – Sylvia Plath, Ariel
Posted on December 12, 2012, in Art, Photography, Poetry, Reality, Relationships, Writing and tagged Beauty, Body Image, healing, inspiration, love, motherhood, musings, rants, relationships, self-love, sylvia plath, women, writing. Bookmark the permalink. 12 Comments.
like the Sylvia Plath quote — and there are few tributes higher than what your daughters have bestowed upon you. I really mean that. Good job.
thank you. it’s the best I could ever hope for.
the cool thing is, now that they are raised, you can stop being Mom and move to deep friendship.
Wonderful post!
Since my daughter’s birth 34 years ago, motherhood (and now grandmother-hood) are at the top of my priorities and the loves of my life, so I really understood this post.
I’m glad you could relate. My first grandchild is due in March. can’t wait.
When I read the title, I instantly thought that you mean 30 women in 30 days as in you’d slept with 30 women in 30 days lo (despite being a woman).
no but that would be a good blog series. maybe you should write that.
My skills aren’t that good I don’t believe.
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My daughter was born 33 years ago and my life has been a beautiful gift ever since – wonderful post
I can’t imagine any other life than the one I’ve had.
Well… Well… Well! Thats too cool!
thank you. glad you liked it.