Celebrate Parenthood

Well, I'm not sure if there is a rule book to this blogging thing but, if I can get in one post a week I will feel accomplished. After my last post I kept thinking of things to write about, but at the same time I felt like I was over thinking this whole experience of sitting down to type what was on my mind at that moment. I think being spontaneous about it is a better plan because, I don't need one more thing to keep me up at night! Even though if I was up at night, I guess, I could be writing to you!

We celebrated Father's Day this weekend and it was actually very relaxing and enjoyable. For the first time in many years I was excited for Father's Day to get here. Even though I have always had a father figure in my life to celebrate with, losing your real father at such a young age (4), makes the day not as special. This year both Mother's Day and Father's Day was special because we were the ones being celebrated. I can't put into words how surreal it is to have a child, a daughter that we will mold and raise into an adult, who will then start the cycle all over again.

For me, losing my parents as a child, I never thought the day would come where I had a family. I thought for sure, I was doomed to have a short life like my parents and that the odds were I would go sooner than they did. After my 18th birthday and then my 21st birthday rolled around and life continued, I changed my thinking. You can't live your life fearing the worst is just around the corner. One, you don't get to enjoy it fully and two, you feel the need to rush into things and settle instead of holding out for the best. I am glad my thinking changed in my twenties and I waited and found such an amazing best friend, husband, and father to share my life with. I couldn't ask for a better partner in life and love.

Now, we have our sweet Kensie Leigh to share our lives with and it is amazing seeing her grow each day and change into a little person. I no longer live my life in fear of leaving soon, but live for each day I have with my family. Celebrating being parents has made me realize what an important job we have in life. It's not about the clothes we wear, the car we drive, the trips we take, but it's about providing for our family and loving one another. If we have the other things in life then, those are just a bonus, like the toy in a cereal box! Which, I never see anymore on a side note, cereal is so expensive every box should come with a surprise in it!

So, to any mother or father reading this I hope you celebrated yourself this year because, being a parent is a selfless job and one of the most underpaid, overlooked, professions in the world. Even if you have three other jobs to pay the bills, the most important one is being a parent and raising your child :)

~Mama Bear