When I think back to the time when I first found out I was going to be a mom I was overwhelmed with emotions. Those emotions ran from joy to terror. I would envision all the possibilities of things to come with this child I had never met, I had never seen and never held. Then as the pregnancy progressed the reality of the situation reared it's ugly head: I would be responsible for this child. I would the responsibility for all this child's needs and care. Then I was terrified! All of my pregnancies were the same way, it was not as if having one child made me a pro at the game. I am looking back at those times as I watch younger women around me start their families and I wonder if they feel the same way or if they are less freaked out by they whole thing than I was.
There are still days when I look at my teenagers or my preteen and I wonder what in heck I am going to do in this situation? But through A LOT of prayer God always gives guidance. He has not failed me in my parenting. I do not long for those days of babies and toddlers, I enjoy making cards and going to showers for these ladies who are in that stage of their lives. I am enjoying each stage of my children's lives and looking forward (not eagerly always) to the joy of things to come.
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