I've been that mom. I've been the mom who was shocked by the results of the pregnancy test because I never dreamed I could even get pregnant without medical intervention. I've been the mom who battled morning sickness and fatigue while working full-time. I've been the mom who drove 90 miles an hour down the interstate because my water broke and I didn't even realize I was in labor. I've been the mom who wanted to breast feed desperately but could never sync up with my child and I've been the mom who chose formula because it was the best choice for our entire family after weeks of struggle. I've been the mom who cried every day leaving my child to go to work. I've been the mom to pray, beg, cry, rock, bounce a baby who refuses to sleep for more than 30 minutes at a time. I've been the mom who gives up and lets my child cry it out, with surprising results of 12 hours of uninterrupted sleep. I've been the mom who lets my child eat peanut butter before they're 3 and routinely lets him eat slushes from Sonic. I've also been the mom to freak out about organic produce, only cook "whole foods". I've been the mom who made choices about my career for the good of my children - to stay home most of the time so they don't go to day care or preschool. I've been the mom to make choices for my kids against popular opinion, and have to stand up for those choices and why I made them. I've been the mom with PCOS who desperately wants to have another child, who spent 18 months trying to conceive another sweet baby. I've been the mom who underwent painful tests, weekly lab work, crazy amounts of exams, months on metformin and clomid, acupuncture several times a week, with negative pregnancy tests month after month. I've been the mom who miscarried a baby in the middle of that process - a mom who has a sweet one in heaven waiting for me to hug her. I've been the mom who grieved for my unborn, unmet child while rocking my older son. Ive been the mom whose cry God answered and who joyfully woke my husband, sobbing and laughing at the same time, at 3:00 am because I got a faint positive on a pregnancy test. I've been the mom who, exhausted from the day-to-day of being pregnant, lets my 3 year old watch 3 curious George episodes in a row while I nap. Ive been the mom in "false" labor at the hospital every other week. And now, I'm the mom of two beautiful babies, sleep deprived and sore from breast feeding successfully this time, and emotionally crazy.
No matter which mom you are currently.... God has and will continue to provide exactly the grace that we need to be the mom he has called us to be today!
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
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