One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned in my almost two years of motherhood is to never say never.
Before marriage, my anxiety told me I’d never want to carry or birth children. After marrying the man of my dreams I said I’d love to carry a child but that I’d never birth a child without drugs. Then once I was carrying my precious little man, after years of infertility, I did everything in my power to bring him into the world naturally, and I succeeded in my goal. After bringing him home, listening to outside advice, I uttered the words that I would never nurse past a year because of the judgment against moms that did. That was until I learned about all of the health and emotional benefits that come in the second year of life from a healthy nursing relationship. It was these large moments in my life, as well as many little instances peppered in between, that taught me to get my proverbial foot out of my own mouth and stop saying “I’ll never…” Read the full story here on West Valley Moms Blog
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Mamas, let’s talk about OUR gifts. I’m not talking about our gifts by way of our talents. I’m not talking about our knack to be able to DIY a palette into a bedroom set or our ability to meal plan like a champ. I’m not talking about our gifts in the marketplace, or what we offer when it comes to our careers. I’m talking about physical gifts. The material things we give. In particular, I’m speaking of the gifts that we give to our children. Rewind to Spring when I was celebrating my baby’s first Easter. Now, as a Christian, Easter to me is of course first and foremost about Jesus and His sacrifice and His resurrection. In celebration of this occasion, I put together a humble little box for my son. One that simply contained a baby Bible, a storybook for bedtime and a stuffed bunny... Read the full post here on West Valley Moms |
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