Being a Mom Is ...

Being a Mom is ...

- eating a half-eaten, slobbered on animal cracker while out and about because there is no garbage can in sight.

- wearing spit-up as an accessory without blinking an eye.

- removing a spider crawling on your child with your bare hands while suffering from arachnophobia.

- enduring snot-nosed kisses that really leave a mark.

- being pooped on more times than you can count.

- finding one of your arms has super human strength from lugging your toddler all over.

- learning to clean up vomit without vomiting yourself.

- dealing calmly with an hysterical child who is bleeding profusely while wanting to be hysterical yourself.

- cruising around town daily while picking up kids all over the city.

- telling your daughter to be nice to her bullies when you'd like to poke the bully in the eye yourself.

- singing the Barney "Clean Up" song while cleaning the house all by yourself.

- eating cold food every meal because you've just spent 20 minutes dishing up and cutting everyone else's food.

- reading bedtime stories in your sleep because you've memorized them word for word.

- is saying "Well, I'm not so-and-so's mom." and "if so-and-so told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?"

- being so exhausted it should be illegal to drive your car.

- moving with Olympic-style speed and agility to beat the delivery man to the doorbell during naptime.

- eating pureed peas to show your infant how delicious they are.

Being a Mom is ...

- knowing more love than you could ever imagine.

- being smiled at adoringly by your toothless infant at 2 a.m.

- being hugged by your 2 year old so hard around the neck you think your neck will break.

- being called "Mama-sweeta" by your preschooler "because you're sweet."

- receiving homemade presents given with pride from your school age child.

- laughing with your preteen over the day's events.

- PRICELESS

Just think of how brave, strong, patient, loving, selfless, and LOVED you are since becoming a mom!  And we thought our kids were the only ones growing ...

Happy Mother's Day!