I will be sharing my motherhood stories as part of a #JOHNSONS® sponsored series for Socialstars™ every month.
Isn’t motherhood a funny thing? When my two older kids were little, I day dreamed of the day they were older and more self-sufficient. Older so that they wouldn’t rely or depend on me for 100% of their needs and wants, but they could take care of themselves more so that I would have some more alone time.
I remember one day when my oldest daughter came to the bathroom, when I was finishing up a bath for her little sister, all dressed in her pajamas and said excitedly and proudly, “Look mama! I dressed me all by myself!” And instead of feeling happy because she was finally becoming more self-sufficient, I cried. I cried out loud while hugging her and saying to her, “Mommy is not ready for you to grow up so fast! Look at what a big girl you are! You are growing up way too fast!” And since that night, I have never wished they would grow up faster. But instead, I wish every year on their birthday that time would slow down and I even make my kids promise me that they’ll stop growing. “But mom! I can’t help my body!” my kids always say to me when I tell them that they are breaking their promise because they are growing up so fast.
And these pictures of my boy when he was only 3 months old is making me cry all over again. Oh my goodness. I miss this stage when they couldn’t scoot, crawl or walk and you could snuggle them and kiss them as much as you wanted because they’re stuck wherever you put them! Oh, how I wish I could go back to this time, when even if I was so tired and delirious from the lack of sleep, and having anxiety attacks for the first time in my life from adjusting to having 3 kids. I still would go back just to be in this moment again. Yes, motherhood is such a funny thing.
This commercial by JOHNSON’S® also made me tear up tonight. Man, I’m on a roll!
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