

Before I was a Mom, ![clip_image001[5] clip_image001[5]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0OtkEWEf6WUXWjWAuAvDmsk8zJQBD_r7j7wGZdJdJnGsS99arROMauS5smLKe4saTpOUozNwAL99Erzn_gHkdpZMGlHel0wvb5KTAkucR6c9agjrR0QuaL9SURuVDxF-iTvRGg5f26n3/?imgmax=800)
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations.
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Before I was a Mom, ![clip_image001[7] clip_image001[7]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQW5Ce0-hpeVqHgW_kR8pjggwzZbOThb49nuw_cVNFA8KhthpsrZ2fqEs87guk39A970RTBm_P6uyytkkbOpvlCfGQYxmrHccIQ5X9NcQAAm9soR96hP7LJWQ1Qy9z-s_C7pE0FFmK__W/?imgmax=800)
I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on. I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts. I slept all night.
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Before I was a Mom, ![clip_image001[9] clip_image001[9]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8khM4GoD73lzSuSLMMelOzPnzf05HChqSo_6M87cZA8qb7IOyk23UddNHcnFx7dsoeFNh8K89PngACePxM3n6bDDLsP9Trm7h-5OknfKuPS0PR_RMrAQUxYQvGmNMSRzJ2ezvjey1CGBt/?imgmax=800)
I never held down a screaming child
so doctors could do tests. Or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
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Before I was a Mom, ![clip_image001[11] clip_image001[11]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGr2JOhdAJhHj1okHdMCPlmf4h-YNemKuvYf9eIOTiXj-EAZHzs2Mgcl3CYILggSQyzSPQwYNOMS1xpOlrhbVmqC6EnxbWJDCjH0Vk897xsDjE3s_DJ9ny5YijlHMlPFHbZOHYViV_hSY/?imgmax=800)
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.
![clip_image001[10] clip_image001[10]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-WTA1cgupX9DNR9ipsKD4i3ZausxhVzA4s8kd4Ap3tc3HXaKj_OGua9i9cch9O68PnEo8uTgKX3_e9pFDoYBApHhtUt0lgWMdqMwAkvkjn8t7LoEpDnMWEZXt_XDQbr_6dlHSMFv2QFO/?imgmax=800)
Before I was a Mom, ![clip_image001[15] clip_image001[15]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoL7ALpf2Ps0GWhzBDZTgmpOUujavbciUcI8d2dfZocPMC2VPPGKkdMnKXMALQY-DJsLgbW8wPlEyCqufK66byl9GIbDbQPXEXuZoxoAu86iE0UZlVhK3x0__RJMDi_44XuHv3UsKaNx9/?imgmax=800)
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.
![clip_image001[12] clip_image001[12]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jH7eTAVV0EGf7VytzTNEoWc8C5ihmjt7T06FW9SE7DiRjnDnukppcvhJsQ00xlft0tJ24UTjgXEw0wjwfwyDURBSaq9rC71ODws3KxS7aaouw4RLtrW7LBE72IYLPir0OaeE2kufzBNu/?imgmax=800)
Before I was a Mom, ![clip_image001[17] clip_image001[17]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyr26EsXi2Lh4JoAAM2abiHsFiagVUjf8sdPSjOfT3PWCKHHpI0evvIEEaJ5oJkCcMNUWDQcFtLK-aSAnIo9H0vmaTe5h4yfbEUh73YzYML84NLSQdJwz7mRofOPJERaIq1iboZUM-KXCG/?imgmax=800)
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body. I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child. I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
![clip_image001[14] clip_image001[14]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8NmzFt-cKhoVpeMMgdlwIC4I3oTr_hz9YR_innBldkZ-IIhMosgkezpsS7qRByZVsmNGtbDJnJfZtp8Z9KcuYr7MhKLgkLpnF6kqjH1hwXzsXcj1EuGv8ex_KRntCfuieDcuaAMBJx3L/?imgmax=800)
Before I was a Mom, ![clip_image001[19] clip_image001[19]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhmWbQu_SeMzERu_eps-ceal6PWwKyinj45rVjW_8egs6ZTvWmUXdqTDEn40avhJYRfgd4ToHhIt3ZS8U3j7SHeGzhSlfaCEBkcz2HX_rx4jrcSWX9mfNJZGzzpM4W0qyDKN0lHJ9BfjD/?imgmax=800)
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love,
the heartache, the wonderment
or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom
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Send this to someone who you think is an awesome Mom. ![clip_image001[21] clip_image001[21]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06Xqc-WJx0SjJ8LKJyWWJJWoChmKZ-4tqPdTL4md1Pt6L4ADvVzo_0-VH8UkMTlC2pHySodFA3you2yq9aviz_VOMl7nfkRWD5xeuMlBobjctkLUuHqzj4NA6YuUlZ8k03oklZV5K8zRM/?imgmax=800)