Motherhood

This picture was 13 years ago!!!! THIRTEEN!!!!! Where did that go! I know we all ask outselves where did the time go? How did we get here? I’ll tell you, it all started long ago with, YOU! it goes back to the first time you kicked your moms belly and pressed your tiny hand against ‘your’ womb. Creating something so unique that it can never be duplicated! You’re fingerprint, Your imprint on the world. There are many others you will make. Remember back when your grandma made bread? that special dish that everyone remembers? The way your papa(grandpa) chats of old horse riding times, or how he only has eyes for grandma! Old fashioned imprints that carry with you and then to your children and so on. A couple of my Family imprint favourites: halushki and banana bread, my family loves to cook!( can’t wait to launch the ‘cooking edition’)

There are so many things that emerge and change deep inside when you have your own kids. Thirteen years later I strive to share that. being a mom is hard and lovely, it’s tiring and also the most amazing trip to another country on a roller coaster you’ll ever go on! Crying over the very ‘being’ you want to make so very happy. The best part of all about motherhood is the satisfaction of something simple, that smile, that little, and then not so little hand reaching for yours. You give to you’re children, something that no one else can give, a mothers love! A mother’s gentle touch and listening ear. A part of you will always stay with your kids, forever.

Today is a tough time, the times we live in! The way kids are growing up is so challenging. I remember when I was a teen, same age as my girls today. I’m out with my friends and a few of the boys dare the one other girls there and I, to kiss! I was like sure! What’s the big deal and we kissed. It was great! What can I say but it wasn’t amazing! I mean she’s a girl. She smells nice, she’s pretty! But that’s it I had zero feelings. Today if that was to happen, I would be Labeled bisexual..... except I’m not. I only kissed a girl, I’ve actually done that twice, and I’ve done a little more. Still!! I’m not bisexual. I have no sexual interest in girls, but as a teen that’s when we learn and try. Our society today says, if you kiss a girl at 13 you’re bi or a lesbian. Straight up. And this is something that kids are almost forced to choose in middle school. How is that possible!!? Shouldn’t they be learning how to look themselves in a mirror and say ‘ Hi! Self, I love you!’ As ‘gay’ as that sounds( As in happy and joyful not used in a derogatory means. ..... ugh!!!.) For ‘fear’ of being labeled again for Hate crimes or racism. This is the world our next generation is learning! Not what there is to love about themselves but what sexual orientation they prefer or how they shouldn’t be offensive to someone else. Imagine going to school and filling out a bio sheet, it states:

Name: , Birthdate: , Sex : M,F,X,Prefer not to say? Unknown, Non binary, Trans, Asexual, Pansexual..... oh my lord!! My poor 12/13 year old! Let’s save this for a higher grade. #personalopinion #unpopularopinion #dayinthelifeofamom

On the flip side of all of that, I’m ready as a mom and we are dealing with the changes in our world the best way we know how. Its what we all can do :) and that’s enough. All of the emotions that go into explaining how we live through our kids, and our own emotions we feel when our kids go through things, is all apart of that bond a mother has. We just know, about so many things. You start to believe you’re a mind reader or a psychic... (most men say psycho.... they are just bad at spelling ;) And listening..... haha!) anywho! Seriously, you have a sixth sense as a mother, you know when your kids need you and how to be there when it really comes down to it. Most times you should commend yourself because you don’t even know how the hell you just Stayed up for two days straight, took care of two children under 2, or sewed all those mini stuffy pizza slices, or the tiny stuffed pop tarts from the ‘child's sewing kit you bought from chapters, stayed up all night breastfeeding which turns into cake baking and Easter egg ‘laying’. haha. being a mother is a true miracle.... a miracle that labor alone is survivable.

Nothing compares to the tiny toes and baby giggles, no matter how hard motherhood is, we are built for it! We as Mothers have the strength, the intuition, the know how! It makes us so much stronger than we get credit for. For me that’s the part that makes me smile! I know what I do, I know what I am capable of, and that is nothing short of a superpower! To all the mothers, you are strong! You are Enough! You are Motherhood!

Tiffany