I received an email the other day and it honestly had me in tears. It was from a listener of the podcast who reached out to thank me for being so open and honest about the struggles of motherhood in episode 261, "My Personal Seven-Year Transformation."
She also talked about her own challenges that she faces on a daily basis as a mother of three boys, one of whom was born with a very rare, life-threatening disease.
As you can imagine, she is not your everyday mother. What many of you find normal, she does not.
You ARE The Mother That Your Children Need
The subject line of this email read, "All I ever wanted to be was a mom."
When I first read that, I was immediately hooked. As many of you know if you've been listening to the podcast for a while, I shared the same dream when I was younger. I always wanted to be a mother and I knew I could relate to the sender almost immediately.
We all have an idea of who we will be as a mother. But, more often than not, that vision never comes into view.
I am keenly aware many of you have never been able to birth a child... like me. Which makes posts like these about parenting, or announcements about our Mother's Day coupons, hard to hear.
For me, when I found out I couldn't get pregnant, I hit a roadblock and it almost floored me. But, I steered off that path and made a new path to motherhood. My own path. Adoption turned out to be my road to motherhood and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Motherhood Is Never What We Anticipate... Easy Or Hard
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