When we decide to have children, we know sacrifices will be made and our lives will be turned upside down. For the most part, I have enjoyed every minute of my new-found topsy turvy world. I'm now used to sharing my hot fudge brownie sundae. But I am now graduating from a new mom to a MOPs member (mothers of preschoolers). Life is easier in many ways, but some areas have now grown more cumbersome. More and more sacrifices are needing to be made. I have less time, and quite frankly less friends to share my time with. Activities that I have always done seem more difficult since I now have to find someone to watch my two active tikes instead of one sleeping baby.
I remember hearing someone say "Parenthood is 10 times harder, and 10 times better, than I ever dreamed." The longer I'm a parent, the more I get it. There are things I never expected I'd have to give up for my kids. Good things. Beneficial things. But my children are wonderful, delightful beings and worth all the sacrifice. Sometimes sacrifice really hurts, but mothers know that.
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