What does motherhood really mean?
I read an article in The Washington Post about how 10 mothers define motherhood. I had to laugh out loud while being continuously interrupted by my own kids, which is a proven fact across all definitions. I only chose a few of the definitions and wrote down my ideas below each one.
Motherhood is perpetual failure at multi-tasking.
It’s the ultimate roller coaster of joy and sorrow, comfort and fear, love and hate, fast and slow, past and future. — Libby Chisholm Fearnley
Motherhood is indeed a marvelous and scary rollercoaster ride through all the feelings and the daily avalanche of small and bigger actions our kids need us for.
I don’t want her to remember fights over shoes, or empty threats I made in frustration, or the disappointments of being young. I want her to remember the feeling of pressing her back against my chest, or climbing into my lap, and, for a little bit, being totally protected. — Terri Rupar
I try to remind myself every single day:
What do I want my kids to remember me for?
The times I scream out of frustration? The times I cry because I could not sleep enough the night before? No.