What an honor it is to have Grace from Uncommon Grace visiting here today for the last reflection in the "Motherhood is ..." series. You see, Grace has just given birth to her third baby - a beautiful little girl. I'm sure so many of you can appreciate the life transitions that occur when a family grows in number... new sibling relationships are formed, papas go back to work, and life moves forward in beautiful yet sometimes challenging ways until you settle into a new "normal." So please go and visit Grace in her thoughtful, Waldorf-inspired home, and wish her well!
...the hardest, best, funnest, and most motivating thing I have ever done
...getting to know each of your children as individuals: realizing how very different all people really are
...the opportunity to see, hear, smell, taste, and feel everything afresh
...new baby bliss
...rough nights with the confused emotions of a three-year-old
...having to say "no": to family, friends, your partner, yourself, playdates, classes, the latest critically-acclaimed novel, and even, sometimes, to your children
...learning to live in the moment, even if it's the hardest life lesson you've ever had to learn
...holding a tarantula and telling your squeamish daughter that it's "no big deal", even though you'd rather be doing anything else in the whole world
...nursing while typing
...that first (second, third...) terrifying drive to the emergency room
...knowing everything about another person and still being surprised every single day by their very being
...needing your own mother again
...wanting to freeze time, and knowing you can't
