I couldn’t help but play along in this contest. Actually it wasn’t even the fact that it was a contest that made me want to play along, it was just because I’ve learned so much since becoming a mom and wanted to share it

What I’ve learned since I became a Mom:

This could seriously turn into a book but I won’t bore you all to death so I’ll keep it short and sweet, or at least I’ll try to

I was 23 when I had Caleb, not super young but a lot younger than I planned on having a child. At 23 I was pretty selfish, life was all about me. I liked to party all night, sleep all day and do what I wanted when I wanted. So I guess the first thing I learned was that life wasn’t all about me anymore. Suddenly I had this precious bundle of joy (that I wasn’t thinking was so precious when he woke up screaming at 2am, 3am, etc and expected me to be awake enough to function to feed him and change him cause Lord knows his dad certainly wouldn’t crawl out of bed to do it!) that was relying on me to provide for him. That was kind of scary.

I’ve learned that being a mom is the greatest gift I’ve ever been given. To see the little man that I’ve raised thus far makes my heart swell with so much pride and joy. The bad days, rocky patches, bumps in the road that I’ve had as a mom (a single mom) are all erased all forgotten when Caleb kisses me or hugs me for no reason or when he says I love you mom or when he crawls into bed with me.

I’ve also learned that I can’t wait to have more kids even though Caleb is almost 10 and very very independent. But I’ve also learned that if I don’t get the opportunity to have more kids I’ll be ok because I’ve got one great kid already.

I’ve learned so many things, I can’t even begin to formulate my thoughts into words. I have so many things running through my head that I want to share but I just can’t make sense of everything I’m thinking. So I guess I’ll leave it at that.

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