Before I was a mom

mp honey that was so beautiful and so true - you also posted at just the right time as my kids have just come home from school and the little one found a harmonica in her room and has been 'playing' it non stop for the last 20 minutes and the big one has been complaining about a teacher he doesn't like and a surprise test he had to take and just as I was about to lose it I read this post and was transported back in time - reminded of how lucky and blessed I am to have my two angels with me - no matter how annoying they can be! Thanky you my friend for reminding me how much of a miracle my two are anh how thankful I am to have them!

That is a one sweet poem. We never knew about all that before becoming a mom. A mom not only to your children but also to your husband.lol

Oh that is beautiful! I am going to save it for my scrapbook for sure!!

before i was a mom i was the eldest daughter with 5 screaming siblings of descending ages. so i tripped over toys sang lullabies, pushed hammocks, made milk formula, puked on, pooped on, peed on, changed diapers, washed dirty diapers, carried infants in my arms, watched over them, cared for them, played with them. before i was a mom, i already stared at child's grin, wondered at their speedy growths, enjoyed their giggles, tickled them, laughed with them challenged them, competed for attention with them, fought with them, cried with them but i also cried for them, proud for them, proud of them i had apprenticed as a mom long before i became one. 25 years later i finally became a regular and went through the same motion and more that is unexpected - like the other designations that goes with any other jobs. before i was a mom,i never knew what it meant when they say that the only time you can ever repay your MOTHER for everything SHE had ever went through having you is by becoming one - and having children of your own before i was a mom, i thought that everything was just a breeze because my MOTHER did them all with finesse - the chores, the attending, the caring, not to mention the teaching, disciplining, the coaching simultaneously a nurse, a doctor, a referee, a fireman a hairdresser, a dressmaker, a manager, a friend my own MOTHER played and displayed it so well SHE was full of life, SHE had laughter, SHE had music, SHE had tears now, i deeply regret that before i was a mom i never appreciated it that much never thanked her enough nor fully expressed my gratitude even with the times i felt it so. before i was a mom, i was busy growing up, getting a life, catching on life building hopes, chasing dreams not realizing that what you aspire for, is what SHE is actually supporting whatever it is that makes you happy and succesful before i was a mom, I got married without really trying. and now remembering everything that my MAMA did, i realize that no amount of practice ever prepared me for the huge mothering occupation. yes, i had an idea, but shame, i had no idea that it would be full time, all the time all the love, all the care all the pride, all the happiness all the pains, all the heartaches with zero salary and zero investment but the joys it brings by your own giving self. Now that i am a mom of three, i know. though I am still trying to surpass what my MAMA does so excellently for the longest time. i am now thanking my mother - for what i saw and heard, and learned from her i thank her for the joys and the laughter, the stories, the songs the dances enriching our lives. i profusely thank her for her heartaches her pains, and the sacrifices SHE had endured i thank her for her whole life - the only one SHE selflessly shared with our family bringing us up closely as one. SHE and PAPA had been the best of all people, doing a job well-done! and for whatever reason SHE was assigned to us as a mother and 'Anma' to her grandchildren, i could only thank deeply my good Lord for being the most kind. now that i am a mom myself, but knowing that i still need the kind of love and affection that only SHE can fill... and if given the choice to have a mother in the next life, it would still be YOU, MAMA that i will fervently ask and pray for. For the Most Beautiful, Wonderful, MAMA in the world, I LOVE YOU 'MA. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

Thanks for sharing such a beautiful poem....

I love this poem, its cute and so true!