Being a mom is hard, rewarding and seems down right impossible sometimes!

Being a mom is hard! Don’t get me wrong….I love being a mom! It is the most rewarding job in the entire world. There is not thing like being a mom. There is no way to describe the roller coaster of joy, frustration, stress, love, laughter that being a mom brings.

From the first moment you discover that you are going to be a mom the emotion train begins….and honestly I don’t think it ever stops. From excitement, to fear, to a sense of accomplishment, to anxiety of all that is to come. Every single emotion felt is totally normal and perfect in design.

You see all of those emotions we as mom’s feel, are what makes us who we are….MOM. From the earliest moment’s of our babies life we feel as though we are to protect our unborn child. That sense of protection is what keeps our kids safe (well most of the time). Then comes the sense of fear. What if I do something wrong? What if I fail as a mom? What if I am not cut out for this job? Well it is all those “fears” keep us on our toes…fighting to be the best mom we can be.

There are so many times I have felt like a failure as a mom. In fact, this very morning…Mother’s Day morning I FAILED! My sweet beautiful kids wanted to make my morning special. So they got up and made me breakfast and cards, then they came to my room and woke me up with all their sweetness. I said thanks, but didn’t make the big deal of it that I should have! Then when I got up to get ready for church and saw the insane mess my kids had created while making breakfast and creating cards for me…I yelled at them. Yes I failed miserably. I let my own funky anxiety slash PMS take over and I screamed at my kids. Then as we all loaded in the car to head to church I sat in the front seat with a sour puss face and attitude. As soon as I got to church, I realized what I had done and immediately felt like I do not deserve to recognized as a mom…because I am a failure.

Thank God for such an amazing Pastor, great friends and an amazing husband and kids. Because somehow through an awesome Mother’s Day sermon, the unconditional love of my family and a REALLY GOOD movie (Mom’s Night Out) I began to realize I can start over. I can make this day and every day after better. I can SHOW my kids my love, ask for forgiveness for being grumpy and let them all know how incredibly thankful I am for their sweet gestures.

Being a mom is hard. But it is rewarding. Because when my kids give me a hug and say I am the best mom ever (even though I screamed at them earlier that day), my heart simply melts. When my baby plays ball with me and makes silly faces that make me laugh until I cry… priceless. When I look outside and see my  kids playing in the yard, laughing, screaming and getting along…every irritating moment from before just disappears and it suddenly it all seems worth every ounce of fear, anxiety, stress or negative feeling I have ever had.

I love being a mom…and I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world. Just remember in those stressful moments that it the hand that rocks the cradle that changes the world. Your job as a mom is priceless. There are no jobs, or any amount of money that could ever pay what we as mom’s truly deserve.

Raising a child/children is hard work, but it is worth the entire roller coaster of emotions that you as a mom may feel day in and day out.

Happy Mother’s Day! May God bless you in this journey!

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