The Power of Motherhood

With every dilemma that I have had, I have always confided in my mother. We would sit on the dim lit back porch of her home, in the heat of an Arizona night and she would share her advice. Her comforting advice always ended by telling me that everything happens for a reason and that I may not know why things happen; but just make sure that I am learning from every predicament that I get myself into. I had absolutely no idea how to use this advice until I became pregnant with my son. The gut wrenching feeling I got in the pit of my stomach when I saw the plus sign on the pregnancy test meant that things were going to change fast. Over the course of the next couple months, I found myself contemplating how I was going to cope with this huge responsibility. Many of my friends who have had children still work the same dead end job, stopped going to school, and were always complaining about how hard life is with a child. Then I had a realization one night when I was lying awake in bed. I could not sleep due to what felt like three Thanksgiving dinners in my belly, yet I had not eaten in hours. I was staring off out the window, watching the wind gently blow the trees around. My mind was the opposite; it was a racing whirlwind full of this whole baby thing. Then as if all the wind came to a sudden stop like in the eye of a hurricane, I realized that I needed to take my mother’s advice and learn from this. I needed to learn something from this situation that other young mothers refused to. Even though other young mothers can be held back by the challenges of raising a child, my son was going to continue to teach me to be patient in life, to be aware of my future, and be a role model.

Prior to having my son I worked in the social service i...

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... and impressions I give to him and other people around me.

I have learned many lessons in the past year and nine months. My life has ultimately been changed by making the decision to let the lessons of motherhood impact my patience level, who I am, and who I am going to be. I am amazed every day how much my life has changed since having my son. I find myself constantly wanting to improve myself from the patience I continue to acquire; to the role model I try to be. I have come to understand that motherhood is not just the act of feeding, bathing, and caring for a child. It is a conscious decision to want better for someone who knows nothing of what the world really is. The decision is driven by an indescribable love; a love that no words do it justice. Therefore, the act of taking the love of my son to another level is what sets me apart from other young mothers.