And it brings out the best in her.
So, when you see her struggling at the mall with her three year old, when you see her dropping off a crying baby at the church nursery, when you see her covered in spit up or walking in to the doctor’s office with a child on her hip and a bowl in her hand, stop and admire her. She has many, many heart-splitting moments ahead of her. And she dives in with her eyes wide open. Because the mother knows that in the deep waters she will swim.
She must. She is a mother.
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This article originally appeared at Your Mom Has a Blog.
