Being a mother is not just about giving.

One day you're going to miss it. One day there will be a peaceful silence while you go to the bathroom instead of small hands busting through the door or someone wailing bloody murder outside with an owie until you jump off the toilet holding your pants in a panic. One day you'll miss the frantic desperation of never catching up because one day everything will catch up. Your children will grow up and you will eventually get a decent break. One day. So savor the good times now

As a mother, you just keep on.

You tell yourself won’t lose your sh*t or yell and scream.

It can feel like poignant slap in the face.

It's just one day.

I think it’s pretty safe to say that every woman who has ever given birth had fears of the unknown while they were pregnant — especially the first-timers. I was full of fear from the first moment I found out I was pregnant up until the actual birth. In fact, I think I was still in shock that I was even pregnant at all for most of my pregnancy. The constant, frightening chatter around me from other moms who had already given birth didn’t help my fear factor much along my pregn