I am a Mom

  – by Jamie Hasenfus

 

I am a Mom

I am tired

I don’t want to cook dinner

But I do, a balanced meal for me and for you

I don’t want to deal with the dogs

One more game of fetch before the bugs carry me away

I want to read a book with more words than pictures

Tonight we will read I LOVE YOU THROUGH AND THROUGH… again.

I want a glass of wine (not whine)!

And ten minutes to drink it in peace, not hiding in the hallway

I want my desires to come first,

And they do, after the sun goes down, and the laundry is done, the kitchen cleaned, lunches packed…

Ok so they don’t

I wouldn’t change it for the world

I am a Mom.

Through the struggles and laughter that each day brings, the frustrations and joys that each event creates, the tears that both my child and I shed, I am and forever will be defined by the fact that I am a mom. It is not the end all be all word that defines me. It is not the only thing I identify myself as or with. However it is now intertwined in my soul. Two years ago a month before my sons birth I would have sworn I would never be defined as only mom. I would always have other things that were more important. Now there are other things that are important and maybe will someday be the first thing that comes to mind when someone asks who I am, what I do. For now, I am a mom and everything else is just toppings!  And I am (mostly) ok with that!