To the one who made me a mom

Letters to my children; all the ones that made me a mom in one way or another.

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To my firstborn. I am sad it won’t be just you and I anymore, but I am also overjoyed and excited to see you become the greatest big brother imaginable.

Happy Mother’s Day to everyone who’s ever loved a child the way a mother should. 🧡 I love you all and appreciate you for all that you do. Motherhood is a stressful, thankless, job… best the best one I’ve ever had. I’m so grateful to the two boys who made me a mama. I do have mixed feelings about this day because I lost my mom 8 years ago around this time. We didn’t have the best relationship, and tbh I never felt like I had a mom. I don’t miss her today, I miss the mom I never got to have…

To the One Who Made Me a Mom, Growing up, I never really had an urgent need to one day be a mom. I knew that one day I wanted to be one, and when I did, I wanted to be the best mom just like my mom. But I didn't rush it. As life

To the ones who made me mama: A letter to my first babies, becoming big sisters as we prepare to welcome their baby brother into our family!

A letter to my child before kindergarten. A sweet letter to a mother's first born before kindergarten. This is a must-read for all mamas who are about to cross this milestone. #kindergarten #motherhood

Happy Mother’s Day to everyone who’s ever loved a child the way a mother should. 🧡 I love you all and appreciate you for all that you do. Motherhood is a stressful, thankless, job… best the best one I’ve ever had. I’m so grateful to the two boys who made me a mama. I do have mixed feelings about this day because I lost my mom 8 years ago around this time. We didn’t have the best relationship, and tbh I never felt like I had a mom. I don’t miss her today, I miss the mom I never got to have…

Where do I even begin. How do I tell the woman who made me a mom thank you? A simple thank you doesn't even scratch the surface of how I feel. No, it's more of a gut wrenching gratitude that almost takes all the breath from my lungs when I think of the magnitude of the decision you made that changed my whole life forever. No, a simple thank you would never do. You made a painful, heart stopping, soul crushing, selfless decision to give us the gift of life to call our own. You made us…

Last year my mom turned 50, and pretty much the whole year leading up to that, she made it clear that she wanted no sort of party, especially not a surprise party. One of the things I love about my mom is her deep humility—she never wants to be the center of attention. But no milestone […]