I am blessed with a beautiful daughter.
During my first month of motherhood, I had the realization that I had missed my calling. Motherhood came naturally for me. It just felt right the minute she was laid on my swollen belly. I looked at her and whispered, “It’s you and me kid.”
I was very, very, very lucky to take to motherhood so easily. Don’t get me wrong – I was sleep-deprived, questioning, reading and learning like every new mom. But for me it just felt comfortable…deep in my core. I had never felt that way before. Every other challenge in my life had always come with sweaty hands, sleepless nights and anxiety. Motherhood for me did not.
Less than a year later, my marriage incinerated and I became a single mother. And, even though I was grieving deeply at the loss of my marriage, I never missed a beat with mothering. How to parent alone was never a worry. How to live, finance our life and plan alone was a different story.
But mothering brought me peace. I almost resented my other responsibilities if they took me away from my daughter. I had to learn to find balance. You see…when you find your calling and at the same time realize you missed the boat by about ten years, all you have left is to find balance. That peace came with time and the loving support of my amazing family and friends.
As Mother’s Day quickly approaches, I find myself laughing at the idea that my child is supposed to do something for me. She is the gift. She is one that has given my life purpose, clarity, peace and wisdom.
Every time I used to toss a penny in a wishing well I would wish for “true love”. I didn’t know then that it would come in such a lovely little package.
Happy Mother’s Day.
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