Transparency Tuesday: More than I could ever imagine

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I've been really reflective over the past two or so weeks.. because this motherhood/parenthood journey is a lot more than I ever could have thought.

The child that grew in us for 9 months is out and now we are holding this blessing in our hands.. and now we have to figure out what to do to keep this small human healthy, happy, protected-- and as they grow they are going to have more needs, more wants, and are going to want to know what is going on around them, why this happens to certain people and not others..


..and it is us that have to figure out how to raise them, advise them, protect them, shield (for as long as possible) them for particular things... and sometimes we have to do this as well as going through our own personal storms and tribulations... internally we are withering but we still have to appear put together and strong for our children (even though children are extremely perceptive to so many things) and continue this parenthood journey.

Motherhood/parenthood has not come with any manual or instruction booklet to tell us "Do this when the baby cries" or "Do that when the baby makes this sound" We literally have to go through the motions, figure it out, understand and then apply. And it is not a one day job.. it's a LIFETIME. We don't stop being parents when they reach a certain age.. oh no. lol. We are parents for life... grandparents once we have reached that time. 

But wow.. we hold so much responsibilities as parents.. God has entrusted us with such a beautiful gift as a child and we have now been passed the baton to now raise them to become great people, great parents, great friends... all of the like.

A very big job but we got this.

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