got into bed. I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday.
I cleaned my house each day.
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.
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Spit on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts. I slept all night.
I never held down a screaming child So that 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.
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it 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.
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.
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.
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.
If you would like send this to someone
whom you think is a
special Mom or Grandma.
I just did.
And remember that behind every
successful mother......
is a basket of dirty laundry.
