Motherhood is…

Motherhood means sacrifice. Forget regular date nights and spontaneous intimacy with the husband. Forget showering and exercise at a set time every day. Forget quiet dinner times and stain free carpet. Forget sleeping in and sleeping uninterrupted.

Motherhood also means love. It means family date nights and family snuggles. It means bubble baths, dancing and walks to the playground. It means little hands helping with the cooking and dusting, trying to be like mommy. It means little hands making messes in pursuit of art, with playdough and crayons and finger paint. It means bright smiley faces in yours at first light, just waiting for the new days adventure. It means waking mommy for comfort when a bad dream has invaded their peaceful slumber.

Motherhood means stress and tears and frustration. But it also means laughter and smiles, learning and love. Most of all it means joy. Though not constant, the joy of motherhood is the greatest of joys I have ever felt.

This post was written as part of MamaBloggas September Group Writing Project

signature

September 3, 2007 | Filed Under Group Writing Projects | 14 Comments 

Beach Trip

I don’t post many pics, but here are just a few from our trip to the Beach on Saturday. Six hours there and back for 3 hours of beach time, but it was fun. We went with some friends.

beach.jpg
Count Dooku with his friend Blondie, the tannest little girl I have ever seen.

beach2.jpg
The men in my life: Hubby, Count Dooku and Obi-Wan. Notice Obi-Wan is further back from the shoreline. He was a wee bit hesitant to let the water touch him, but ended up enjoying it later.

beach3.jpg
Oh and I had to add a pic of the bird girl. She was throwing bread to the gulls. It was amazing to watch this huge group of them flapping thier wings just hovering. They actually caught the pieces of bread she threw into the air.

I wish people wouldn’t feed the wildlife though. There were birds everywhere, all of them obviously unafraid of humans. I worry that baby birds will grow up depending on people for food, never really learning how to hunt for their own food.

signature

September 3, 2007 | Filed Under Family, Photos | 3 Comments