Reflections On My First Mother's Day

Ten reflections on my first foray into Motherhood -

1. Another persons bowel movements have never been so interesting... in fact very few bodily functions have ever been so interesting.


2. Some how my days are slower and busier at the same time.


3. Everyday, whether it was good or bad, feels like an accomplishment.


4. I feel an inherent need to finally improve on those "little" things so my son will have a good example to follow.


5. I find myself wondering what on earth I was doing before that was as important as this.


6. The phrase "A woman's work is never done" is really true - whether stay at home or working mother, this is our battleground, we were made for it - so suck it up buttercup this is your duty.


7. I will use any excuse to make a funny face or noise.


8. Every plan I think of is with him in mind first, myself second without realizing it.


9. I'm so glad I had a boy first - I love dinosaurs, robots, dirt, tractors, etc. - I'd love them just as much if Henry was a girl, but this way people don't look at me as funny.


10. Somehow I suddenly know every lyric to every Disney movie I've ever seen - Aladdin, Snow White, Mary Poppins, Mulan, anything - some how I know them all again.

Proof of #7 or possibly # 10

Pardon me, "Part of Their World" from "The Little Mermaid" just came on the Pandora Station and I've got to give it my all.