Then Everything Changed.
Worry.
Before three other humans entered my life, my concern only focused on me.
Would I get sick? Would I fail to hand a project in on time? Would I burn dinner?
Then I had children.
One biologically. Two through adoption. Then everything changed.
What if they got sick? Really sick.
What if they got in an accident? A bad accident.
What if people were mean to them? Made fun of them?
What if they were goofy?
Like me.
If I was goofy and people thought me goofy — that stunk.
But if my children were goofy and their friends made fun of them…
This being a mother was a lot more worry than I ever considered.
When Rachel had her baby on Friends, she held a bundle of silent blankets.
Imaginary babies are quiet ones. Ones you never worry about.
Then they come into your life and every electric sensory receptor in your body — things you didn’t even know existed — clamors for them.
Damn it.
It was so much easier without children.
Motherhood is exhausting. Financially, physically and emotionally.
But it is rich.
Beyond measure.
Linking up with MamaKat prompt 5:) Share something you miss from before you were a mom.
Only worrying about me.
What about you? What do you miss?
