If you would have asked me 10 years ago if this is how I pictured myself I am pretty sure you would have heard an absolute no. I pictured myself as a career woman. I worked at a bank and had every desire to work my way up as far as I could go. I had great ambition and drive in the corporate world. In fact, I don't remember anything ever being intimidating to me when it came to my job. I feared no one and I didn't see anything ever holding me back from what I wanted. I even enjoyed wearing my $200 outfits:)
Now, if you ask me today is this what I picture my self doing? Is this fulfilling my dreams? My answer to you is YES! I love my job. There are definitely some rough times being a mother. I get thrown curve balls more than I ever did in the corporate world, but I Love my job. I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to be a mom. At this time in my life, my kids are my greatest accomplishment. Yes one day I will go to school and one day I am sure I will work again, but I am enjoying raising and teaching these little guys. My payment does not come in the form of money, but through their growth and their successes.
Being a mother takes my existence to a whole new level. I feel like I have purpose. I can't explain the love that I have for my kids. It is a love that I had never known before. A love that would cause me to lay down my life without a blink of an eye if I had to.
I am thankful to my mom, not just on this day, but every day. She has the patience of a Saint. She has a heart big enough to love the world. She speaks kind words about others. She is a hard worker. She would give you the shirt on her back. Even when I was at my worst, constantly trying her patience and putting her through hell on earth, she loved me and she made sure I knew it. I love my mom for her example. She put my sister and I first always even when there were things that she probably needed or wanted. She is what every mom should strive to be.
