{Day 5} Real Motherhood: Notice the Becoming
Her mind will be an endless stream of creativity, ideas and how-to's. She will create beauty in some form, maybe many forms. She will have fierce convictions about fairness and truth. She will doubt and question and ask why until her days on earth are through.
His wife will always know she's beautiful and loved. Others will know him as an encourager and affirmer, a glass-half-full guy. He will be an information hound, a lover of news, a purveyor of the written word.
He will be a force to be reckoned with. And that is all I know at this point. It's only been three years.
Every day they are becoming who they will one day be. If you pay attention now, you'll get glimpses of the future. It's one of my favorite pastimes as a mother. The noticing. I love to drink in their quirks, nuances, and gifts. I try to pay attention to their struggles, oversights, and pitfalls. And while I know I have a role in shaping who they will one day be, the real deciding happened before they even got here. Someone Else knit them together. It's my job to simply appreciate, protect, and nurture the handiwork.
With each passing day of motherhood, I realize that it's less about getting it right and setting them on the path to "success" and more about knowing who they are and helping them know it too.
They are becoming right before your eyes. What do you see?
