What I Hope as a Mother

I took a few weeks off, but I'm excited to be linking up with Becky again today for her 52 Weeks of Blogging with a Purpose.

Today's topic is our goals for motherhood.

I have to be honest, my first instinct was to shy away from this topic.  It just seemed too big, too overwhelming, too deep.  But then I realized that I want to take a good long look at myself as a mother and what I hope for the future.  And what better way to keep me accountable than to blog about it!

Emmy, Charlie, you girls are my whole world.  I live and breathe for you both and want to give you nothing but the absolute best of everything the world has to offer.  I obviously wasn't a mother before I had you girls, so these past four and half years have been a bit of a learning curve for me.  Especially once you could each walk and talk and it was way more parenting than just keeping you alive.

I hope I improve as a mother every single day.  I hope each day is better than the last.

I hope to find a balance between giving you all my all, and yet not losing who I am myself.

I want to feed you good, healthy meals all the time, with the occasional treat thrown in there.

I want to encourage you to follow your dreams, whatever they may be.

I want you to want or need for nothing.

I want to listen to every word you girls say, even when you are babbling on incessantly for hours.

I want to enjoy each stage you are in fully, not longing for past years, or yearning for the future. 

I want you to look to me to learn healthy workouts

I never want to use the word fat or thin around you; I want to use only healthy and strong.

I want you girls to come tell me everything, especially as you get older.

I want to set boundaries and limits because I love you, not because I'm trying to be mean.

I want to be able to make sacrifices so we can afford to send you to private Catholic schools from pre-k through 12th grade.

I hope to be able to fully pay for your college so you're not saddled with student loans.

I want to be your first teacher, and always help you with your homework, and add to your education.

I want to take long road trips as a family, showing you our country.

I want to be the kind of mother you respect and love.


I want you to confide in me, have fun with me, but I want you to remember I am your mother and not your friend.

I hope that one day, when you girls have children of your own, you strive to be the mother I hope I am and become...the same way I hope to be like my mother now. 

I want you to know how much I love you...and if at the end of my life that is all you remember, then it will be enough.