Welcome to Motherhood!
As far back as I can remember my life's focus has been preparing to be a wife and a mother.
While I was in high school the only magazine I subscribed to was Parents. My friends all laughed at me as I sat in the secretaries office (I was an aid there) reading my magazine. Three adorable nieces where born into our family while I was still in Junior High. I spent so much time with them my friends complained and my nieces occasionally called me Mother. I attend the local college and the focus of my education there was Marriage and Family. After graduation from College I went onto Brigham Young University where once again my major was Marriage, Family, and Human Development. I found my true love while there and I married him a short time after I received my bachelors degree.
I KNEW I was ready for motherhood. I had experience, I had a degree, and I had the desire. When little Virginia entered the world on a snowy December 19 I certainly was not prepared! We had a quiet two days in the hospital where I was referred to as Superwoman by the hospital personnel as my birthing story circulated throughout the center. (A story for another blog)
After arriving home, we sat in bed exhausted, eager for our first nights rest as a family of three. Little Virginia didn't have the same plan. She began to cry and quickly escalated to a scream, the tone was practically unbearable. My husband looked at me in horror and I to him. I then tried all the usual things feeding, burping, bouncing, singing, diaper change, a pacifier but nothing worked. I couldn't stop her from screaming. My husband finally offered a prayer and asked, that if nothing else, please change the tone of her voice. He swears to this day that her scream changed that night; though the length and duration of it never slackened!
I was well prepared for motherhood. Even still the extreme challenges that came with my first experience were much greater than I expected. Virginia was extremely colicky for the first year. I learned to eat, cook, clean, and sleep with a baby in one arm. All my personal hobbies and passions were put aside as I adjusted to my new roll. Even still looking back I am grateful for that time. Because of the total loss of self I was forced to truly find my inner soul. Over the years I have spent a great deal of time exploring motherhood. Through this roll I have developed a passion for life that I couldn't have found in any other pursuit! I now have more hobbies and ways of expressing myself than I know what to do with. I found myself through my roll as wife and mother and I hope to help others do the same.
While I was in high school the only magazine I subscribed to was Parents. My friends all laughed at me as I sat in the secretaries office (I was an aid there) reading my magazine. Three adorable nieces where born into our family while I was still in Junior High. I spent so much time with them my friends complained and my nieces occasionally called me Mother. I attend the local college and the focus of my education there was Marriage and Family. After graduation from College I went onto Brigham Young University where once again my major was Marriage, Family, and Human Development. I found my true love while there and I married him a short time after I received my bachelors degree.
I KNEW I was ready for motherhood. I had experience, I had a degree, and I had the desire. When little Virginia entered the world on a snowy December 19 I certainly was not prepared! We had a quiet two days in the hospital where I was referred to as Superwoman by the hospital personnel as my birthing story circulated throughout the center. (A story for another blog)
After arriving home, we sat in bed exhausted, eager for our first nights rest as a family of three. Little Virginia didn't have the same plan. She began to cry and quickly escalated to a scream, the tone was practically unbearable. My husband looked at me in horror and I to him. I then tried all the usual things feeding, burping, bouncing, singing, diaper change, a pacifier but nothing worked. I couldn't stop her from screaming. My husband finally offered a prayer and asked, that if nothing else, please change the tone of her voice. He swears to this day that her scream changed that night; though the length and duration of it never slackened!
I was well prepared for motherhood. Even still the extreme challenges that came with my first experience were much greater than I expected. Virginia was extremely colicky for the first year. I learned to eat, cook, clean, and sleep with a baby in one arm. All my personal hobbies and passions were put aside as I adjusted to my new roll. Even still looking back I am grateful for that time. Because of the total loss of self I was forced to truly find my inner soul. Over the years I have spent a great deal of time exploring motherhood. Through this roll I have developed a passion for life that I couldn't have found in any other pursuit! I now have more hobbies and ways of expressing myself than I know what to do with. I found myself through my roll as wife and mother and I hope to help others do the same.
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