I don't know how many times I've heard someone say, "Oh, you'll never understand until you're a mom," but I'm pretty sure it's been more than a few. "You'll never understand how much you could possibly love someone until you're a mom," or "You don't know pain until you've had a child," are popular varieties of this statement, and I've heard those, too.",
The truth is, and I cringe to admit this, but I get it now. Yes, I have joined the club-not only the mom club, but the club of those annoying moms who preaches about her love for her child and how she never knew she could feel this way. I also keep my camera on standby, should some perfect stranger off the street ask to see a picture of my son (well, that sounds a little creepy, but I am definitely one of those proud camera-toting moms), or should he do something cute that I just have to capture on film. This also happens quite often-my poor son probably feels like he has paparazzi trailing him 247. ",
It's just one of those things that happens after you've had a child. You finally get what these mothers have been talking about all this time, and suddenly, you're one of them. I've seen the most unsentimental of women turn into a puddle of mush after having her child, tearing up when he hurts and clapping like he's won the Nobel prize after he takes his first steps. To a mother, first steps, first words, first anything are the equivalent of a Nobel prize-at least until your child is old enough to win the real thing. ",
And I have no doubt mine will, because he is the smartest, sweetest and most caring two-year-old I know. What an annoying mom thing to say, I know. But until you're a mom, you'll never understand. ",