The Challenges Of Motherhood

Motherhood, My Biggest Challenge

Everyone has a different definition of motherhood. “Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had...and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed. Being a mother is meaningful and profound, and once it enters our life, leaves you never, ever the same” (Wooten 150). I can definitely relate to this description. My ideas about motherhood have evolved over time. I have discovered that being a mother is not simply the dictionary definition, “female parent”. Motherhood is one of the most challenging aspects of my life as I deal with my fears while trying to meet the physical and emotional needs of my children.

One of the biggest challenges I have faced as a mother is the actual birth of my child. I lost my first child when she was four-years-old. It was a very dark time and I didn’t know if I would get to experience motherhood again. Two years after I met the man who would become my husband, I found out I was pregnant with Luke and I was elated. The pregnancy was going well until I hit week 20. That is when it started to get scary. I began having

Children have to be fed even when I am not hungry or even when I am too tired to cook from being in class all day or being ill. I sometimes find it difficult to pull myself up and make sure they are fed a healthy meal. The temptation to throw a lunchable on the table when I am not feeling well creeps up. I must admit, I have given in to that temptation at times. However, I know that I must give my children healthy, balanced meals most of the time. Therefore, even when I have been so ill I didn 't think I could feed myself, I have dragged myself from the bed and made a healthy dinner. Then there is the evening bath and tooth-brushing and the cuddle before bedtime. At times I am so tired that I can barely keep my eyes open, but we never miss the pre-bedtime