Becoming a Mother
Becoming a mother is a gift and was the biggest life changer for me. It taught me a lot of things. I learned to have patience, to be kind, and selfless. Becoming a mother changed me who I was as a person for the better. I was not a horrible person; I was a typical self-absorbed young adult who didn’t have their priorities straight. To me, there is nothing else like becoming a mother. Once I was finally able to hold my newborn daughter for the first time was one of the best feelings in the world. Caring and loving someone who is completely dependent of you, can change a person.
I can recall the first time I held my daughter. The nurses had just given her, her first bath before handing her to me. She was little and light in my arms. I remember her small pink face peeking out from her baby cap. She was tightly swaddled in a white, pink, and blue striped hospital blanket. As I held her close, I could hear her softly cooing. I could faintly smell the newborn baby smell that appears to closely smell the same of all babies. It is like the way puppies seem to all have the same faint puppy smell.
My daughter will turn seven this November. She is the average height for her age but is on the slender side. She has chocolate-brown hair with natural curls that lightly dusts her shoulders. Her face is round and warm. Her skin looks almost sun-kissed; a skin tone she inherited from her father. She has long dark lashes with bright brown eyes that shine and are always full of wonder and curiosity. When she smiles her eyes crinkle just a bet as she gives a toothy grin with her front two teeth missing, one on top and one on the bottom. Her clothes are always fun and colorful but don’t always match. She always completes her outfit for the day with headband, sometimes it’s cat ears other times a unicorn horn.
Being a mom is more than just giving birth. It’s the emotion you feel as you look at your child and feel the happiness and love you have for them swell in your chest.
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