Motherhood

Motherhood has been good to me.  I never wonder if I am loved or needed, my children make it obvious.  I'm not the perfect mother but I can definitively say I have poured my soul into these little ones.  This photo, stealthily snapped by my mother-in-law, is telling of my life and the circle of love I have with with my children. In it I am holding Alayna waiting for her to bite the apple in my hand. She smiles back and Liam gingerly paints a heart on my cheek. We are all simultaneously caring and cared-for.

In mothering I aspire to be like my own mom- giving and perpetually positive. She is the kind of mom that wakes up at 6 am to make lunches and write hand-written notes on the brown bag.  She was relentlessly upbeat, and would (and still does) burst into song without warning.
I've got some serious 'mom shoes' to fill.