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So, do you feel like a mom?
Well, the 50 hours of labor certainly helped me get there quickly.
Oddly, I get asked this question a lot. Maybe they’re trying to tell me I don’t seem like a mom, which I could take a couple of ways. One, I’m so cool, people think I’m far too young to be a mom. I then realize this thought is absurd, as one of my students suggested that I’m 40…I’m 27. Perhaps they’ve picked up on the fact that I have yet to give up my potty mouth, even though I have a 15 month old. I should really work on that.
Regardless of why they ask me this question, I find it weird. I don’t FEEL like a mom, I just AM a mom. I do what needs to be done and I love my daughter unconditionally. Sometimes I laugh at her when she falls and sometimes I dress her up like a bear and run away as if she’s terroriizing my house. You know, normal mom things.
The thing is, being a mom is a lot of things. It’s being the taxi, or in my case a limousine driver because my daughter’s a diva. It’s being a restaurant, sometimes five star, sometimes two. Sometimes I would probably fail the health inspection. It’s being a source of love and comfort and knowing that you’re just doing the best you can.
Being a mom doesn’t mean knowing everything or having all of the answers. It doesn’t mean doing everything perfectly or saying all of the right things. You’re going to mess up. You will say the wrong things. You’re going to hide from your kid sometimes so you can play Candy Crush. You’re going to want to be left alone. You’re going to not like your kids sometimes.
Do I feel like a mom? Yeah. I feel like a mom because I realized that my perfect mother wasn’t perfect, she was just making it up as she went along. We’re all just making it up as we go along.
Do I feel like a mom? Yes. I love my daughter unconditionally and would do almost anything for her. I cry when she cries and laugh when she laughs. Sometimes I laugh when she cries. Sometimes I cry when she laughs because I cannot handle how much I love her.
Moms, you’re doing the best you can. Mistakes will happen. They will bump their heads. They will fall off of the couch. They will color on your walls.
I am a mom. I’m doing the best I can, and the best I can is to love her as much as I can.
About the Author
By: Tierney Cashman
Tierney is a teacher, mother, wife, graduate school student, and above all, a wine drinker. She wants desperately to stop mom shaming and hopes all mothers know how amazing they are. She loves her husband and is obsessed with her daughter Emerson.
This is beautifully honest. So inspiring! My journey is just beginning but reading your post helps!
so glad you liked this post! she did a great job.
Pull at my heartstrings!! We are all trying our best to be our best and raise our bests! It’s hard work and feeling like a mom everyday is tiring but it is also the most amazing feeling ever!
Yes agreed with everything that you said! It is SO tiring! But we manage to get through it no matter what.
Great article, Mums come in many different packages. We all need to support each other.
I totally agree that we need to support each other along the way.
Ah, so much truth! I agree with you–I don’t feel like a mom, I just AM a mom!
Right!? Who would have thought it would have been so much work to be a mom? You never think that it will be so hard.
As a mom of two boys, this post spoke to me. So true, and such an inspirational post. Being a mom is a rewarding, but also the most difficult job I have ever had.
It really is the most difficult job because it is never ending – ever!
Aww that was so beautiful , your daughter is so adorable. Yes, we will be moms with mistakes and we need to accept this fact. Its Okay not to be perfect.
?it’s totally ok not to be perfect
Glad you are giving yourself some grace- that is half the battle!
Totally agreed !
I think after 26 years and 5 kids later… I can truly say that Yes… I feel like a mom. I have made many mistakes, but I do enjoy being a mother of the FAB Five! They are my inspiration to keep going and improving my life! it’s the best job in the world!
You are doing great and I am proud of you and all of the mothers
Agree Much, interesting insights! I know the feeling because I feel it sometimes.. but still, we do our best to be a good mom⚘⚘
Agreed we totally do our best ❤️