Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mothers out there. Especially my Mom, whom I become more and more like every second of every day. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful mother to teach me how to be a wonderful mother. I owe it all to her (and my Dad, but we'll cover that on Father's Day!).

I am incredibly sad that we had to cancel our plans to travel to the lake to be with the most important mothers in my life (Mom, Dian, Nana),

but as a Mom, that's what I had to do. So, for Mother's Day, I am celebrating by being the best Mommy I know how to be and keeping my recovering-from-croup baby at home.

I want to also extend my Mother's Day blessings to the mommies of pets. You know who you are! I have always taken being a mommy to Pagan very seriously.

She truly helped prepare me for motherhood. With all that said, I would like to share a poem with you that's been passed around the World Wide Web a few times, but it still brings tears to my eyes every single time I read it. I haven't a clue who the author is, but she must be an incredible mother!

Before I was a Mom,

I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom,

I had never been puked on.

Pooped on.

Chewed on.

Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.

I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,

I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.

Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom,

I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom,

I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.

I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom,

I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.

I hope you all have the best Mother's Day ever! You deserve it! And don't forget to thank the men in your lives who blessed you with your children and gave you the opportunity to be a mother!

And I'll even thank the mother of my wonderful husband, because without her, I wouldn't have him!

Happy Mother's day!

~Courtney (One Very Happy Mommy)

"Somebody once said that it takes 6 weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby. That somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother, 'normal' is history!"