before i was your mommy
before I was your mommy, I worked as a Physician Assistant in an urgent care clinic. people would come to me for medical help, and I was able to help them. i was in school for a long time preparing for this work and it was a job i loved.
before I was your mommy, it was just me and daddy. some of our favorite things to do were bike riding, kayaking, running, hiking, camping...as long as it was together.
before I was your mommy, our house was pretty clean. I spent very little time cleaning it, because two people don't make that much mess.
before i was your mommy, i loved to bake. and cook. i loved to try new recipes and find ones that were keepers.
before I was your mommy, I was a young woman. I felt most alive when I was running, singing, serving, and being with people. when I would see people from foreign nations, something inside me would weep and laugh all at the same time. it still does.
before I was your mommy, I spent a lot of time around kids. I would imagine my arms full of my own little ones. i swore i would never do ____ and that i would definitely do _____ with my own kids.
before i was your mommy, i was a little girl. i would spend countless hours playing with dolls, dressing them up and pretending that me and my ten kids were going to the movies, a restaurant, shopping. i named them all and loved them carefully and dearly.
before i was your mommy, i wanted to be a doctor. and i wanted to be a mommy. i didn't know how this would all work out, but it would. i strongly felt that if God called me to both, well then, He could figure out the details.
before i was your mommy, i liked having things a certain way. i craved routine; i liked order; only not so much that i become too predictable, as i begin to feel cramped by predictability and stereotypes. i like to think that i like things a little different sometimes, just because.
before i was your mommy, my favorite things were to be around people but to have some alone time too. to sit and read for hours, but to play and run and sweat too. to feel productive and check things off my list, but sometimes just do something random and fun for the heck of it.
before i was your mommy, i loved to sing really loud in the car. this was a time i looked forward to almost daily.
before i was your mommy, i hated to talk on the phone.
before i was your mommy, i liked to sleep all night.
before i was your mommy, i wanted to have a lot of kids. i wanted to adopt a kid from a foreign country and love them as my own. i wanted to play duck-duck-goose with my kids, read lots and lots of books together, play in the dirt with bugs and worms, and snuggle on the couch watching movies.
before i was your mommy, i wasn't very different than i am today because it wasn't really that long ago. life before being your mommy feels a world away, so far out of reach that it is foreign and strange sometimes. i still like all the things that i did before becoming your mommy; it just looks a little different. because now you are a part of it. when i run, you are in the jogging stroller in front of me, pointing out all that you see and asking questions about it. when i bake, you are right there next to me, learning to crack open eggs and making a big mess in the process. it's good for me and i love it. i still sing really loud in the car. and so do you. i still love to be around people (mostly you!) and i love my alone time, too, even though it is more rare these days. i still crave routine and order; you help challenge me in this, because life with littles is full of curve balls and the unexpected. i love doing something fun and random with you, just for the heck of it. we have a great time digging in the dirt and finding worms when we go on walks around the neighborhood. you teach me new things and ask unending questions. i love this about you. and even though our house is messier, life is busier, and it's not just me and daddy anymore, life is an entirely new kind of fun. you are teaching me so much and i can see how God is shaping me to be the mommy you need. isn't it so wonderful that He gave you to me? I've never felt more scared or excited about anything in my life. and even though it's tempting sometimes, i wouldn't want that life back, the one before i was your mommy. cause i wouldn't have you.
before I was your mommy, it was just me and daddy. some of our favorite things to do were bike riding, kayaking, running, hiking, camping...as long as it was together.
before I was your mommy, our house was pretty clean. I spent very little time cleaning it, because two people don't make that much mess.
before i was your mommy, i loved to bake. and cook. i loved to try new recipes and find ones that were keepers.
before I was your mommy, I was a young woman. I felt most alive when I was running, singing, serving, and being with people. when I would see people from foreign nations, something inside me would weep and laugh all at the same time. it still does.
before I was your mommy, I spent a lot of time around kids. I would imagine my arms full of my own little ones. i swore i would never do ____ and that i would definitely do _____ with my own kids.
before i was your mommy, i was a little girl. i would spend countless hours playing with dolls, dressing them up and pretending that me and my ten kids were going to the movies, a restaurant, shopping. i named them all and loved them carefully and dearly.
before i was your mommy, i wanted to be a doctor. and i wanted to be a mommy. i didn't know how this would all work out, but it would. i strongly felt that if God called me to both, well then, He could figure out the details.
before i was your mommy, i liked having things a certain way. i craved routine; i liked order; only not so much that i become too predictable, as i begin to feel cramped by predictability and stereotypes. i like to think that i like things a little different sometimes, just because.
before i was your mommy, my favorite things were to be around people but to have some alone time too. to sit and read for hours, but to play and run and sweat too. to feel productive and check things off my list, but sometimes just do something random and fun for the heck of it.
before i was your mommy, i loved to sing really loud in the car. this was a time i looked forward to almost daily.
before i was your mommy, i hated to talk on the phone.
before i was your mommy, i liked to sleep all night.
before i was your mommy, i wanted to have a lot of kids. i wanted to adopt a kid from a foreign country and love them as my own. i wanted to play duck-duck-goose with my kids, read lots and lots of books together, play in the dirt with bugs and worms, and snuggle on the couch watching movies.
before i was your mommy, i wasn't very different than i am today because it wasn't really that long ago. life before being your mommy feels a world away, so far out of reach that it is foreign and strange sometimes. i still like all the things that i did before becoming your mommy; it just looks a little different. because now you are a part of it. when i run, you are in the jogging stroller in front of me, pointing out all that you see and asking questions about it. when i bake, you are right there next to me, learning to crack open eggs and making a big mess in the process. it's good for me and i love it. i still sing really loud in the car. and so do you. i still love to be around people (mostly you!) and i love my alone time, too, even though it is more rare these days. i still crave routine and order; you help challenge me in this, because life with littles is full of curve balls and the unexpected. i love doing something fun and random with you, just for the heck of it. we have a great time digging in the dirt and finding worms when we go on walks around the neighborhood. you teach me new things and ask unending questions. i love this about you. and even though our house is messier, life is busier, and it's not just me and daddy anymore, life is an entirely new kind of fun. you are teaching me so much and i can see how God is shaping me to be the mommy you need. isn't it so wonderful that He gave you to me? I've never felt more scared or excited about anything in my life. and even though it's tempting sometimes, i wouldn't want that life back, the one before i was your mommy. cause i wouldn't have you.
What a beautiful post! This time will be over so soon and you are so wise to treasure these precious days with your children. Blessings to you as you Mother on........
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