Being a mother

During my first pregnancy, I thought the hard part of it all was during labor. I didn't prepare myself for what will come after and the years after that. I was just deliriously happy.

The pain didn't stop during the labor and delivery. It was there during the first few days when we found out that our daughter has jaundice and had to stay in the hospital. Or, when I had to go home and leave her because her jaundice just won't go down, and we just can't afford to stay there with her.

These are but a few of things that I encountered at the early days of motherhood. And, it all caught me off-guard.

There may be pain but happiness abounds. It also didn't stop at her first breathe outside my womb. It stayed there until this moment when I look at how fast she has grown. How naughty, silly she can be? How she managed to steal every waking thought because if I don't think about her, I'll miss her.

Now, that there'll be an addition to the family. I have to go through it once more. Then, everything will be multiplied to two --- the pain, the happiness, the bills hehehe. But, there will be so much love.



Happy Mother's day!