Motherhood

The most precious moments in motherhood are not always the ones that occur on a grand scale. The moments that stay in a mother's heart and in her memory forever are ones that may seem trivial to others or go unnoticed completely. These are the moments that fill a mother with so much emotion that she actually feels she might cry tears of joy or pride.

A moment when a newborn looks her mother straight in the eye as if she already knows the face of the person whose heart she rested under for nine months.

A moment when a baby nurses from his mother's breast and she knows that every cell that he is made of has come from her through the nourishment of her milk.

A moment when a mother takes in the scent of her baby's head and knows that this is a precious smell that man cannot replicate.

A moment when a tiny finger wraps around a mother's own and she tries to memorize the feeling so it will never be forgotten.

The moment when watching the rise and fall of a sleeping child's chest is the most beautiful and important thing to be doing in the world.

A moment when a tiny person is cuddled up on a mother's lap and the way he fits so perfectly there.

A moment when a child looks up at her mother as if she were the most important person on the face of the earth.

A moment when a child runs to a mother for a hug after he has taken a tumble and hurt his knee.

A moment when a baby smiles when she sees her mother as if the sight were the greatest joy that ever existed.

A moment when a sleeping child's warm breath is felt against her mother's neck.

A moment when a child's laughter seems to be the most beautiful sound a mother has ever heard.

A moment when a child masters a new task and a mother feels as much excitement as he does.

A moment when a mother realizes that this tiny person in front of her is happy and healthy and that she has done her job well so far.

These are just a few of the countless beautiful moments that occur in motherhood and the ones that make being a parent worth every sacrifice. In the midst of sleepless nights, temper tantrums, numerous dirty diapers, and food refusals there are the moments that make up for all of the tough ones. At the end of the day when a mother tiptoes into her child's bedroom to watch him sleep the slumber of true innocence it is the little moments of beauty that she remembers about the day that has just passed. It is with thoughts of these moments that she is able to peacefully fall asleep.