Mama
Motherhood starts with that amazing feeling that a new life is inside you. It is a feeling of wonder as you start to give so much value to the perfection of creation. Your life changes the minute you know you are going to be a mother.
I always knew I was pregnant before my pregnancy was even confirmed; it happened that way in all my pregnancies. I was lucky enough to have an uneventful first quarter in each case. I was not that lucky after my sixth month of gestation. Around that time, I always started to have symptoms of premature contractions that confined me to bed for the remaining time until labor.
This period of time where I had to place my life on hold to stay in bed for the sake of my baby was, without me knowing it, my first glimpse into mindfulness. As I laid in bed for all those weeks, I had to reinvent the way I used to do things and to grow in patience. Life managed to put me in this place where I had to slow down and pay attention.
With so much time on my hands, I started to get creative. I read, practiced crafts and did all kinds of beautiful things for my baby. But most importantly, I started to develop a relationship with my unborn child. Who knew this intimate relationship from the womb was going to be vital in their lives and in mine.
Motherhood is the unbreakable bond that sustained my connection with my children even in the darkest times. It is that feeling that your lives are connected beyond the physical realm. It is the purest form of love that will always forgive and accept. Motherhood is that beautiful gift that you get from life to teach you what unconditional love is. It comes to you to understand that relationships are not perfect and they don’t have to be if they are authentic and real. Motherhood was that privilege that I received from life and keeps motivating me to be a better human being.
