Flawed, humbled, joyful, frustrated, interrupted three times in six words - that is the texture of my life these days - and also unpretentious, authentic, impacting. Motherhood is the most real life experience I have known, amid a wide variety of life experiences. Even marriage has not taken me to the deep places within that motherhood has. I have found and seen some not so nice places within me that I never knew existed, but I have also found a depth of joy, compassion, contentment that I had never known either. Even on the worst days - there is no where else I would rather be ... (interrupted again as my daughter plays cymbals on my arms..)
I'm so glad that motherhood has brought you so much joy! How well you've written about it.
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