As a mother it is hard to find the words to describe the deep, unconditional love we have for our children. There just aren’t words strong enough to describe a mother’s love. From the moment we conceive we feel a bond to that sweet little baby growing inside of us. We’d lay down our lives for them in a heartbeat, take away their pain if we could. We’d do anything to see that little smile, to hear them laugh.
As a single mother I’ve watched that bond grow. My son and I have always been close, but now that it’s just the two of us the bond is untouchable. We’ve learned to depend on each other because we had to. He is my rock and I am his.
Tonight as I watched him fall asleep I was filled with emotion. I never knew I could love something so much. It helped me appreciate the love that my own mother has for me. I am her baby just as he is mine. We too have an incredible bond that can’t be broken. I never understood that love until the day they placed my own little baby in my arms.
That little boy changed my life more than he will ever know. He motivated me to get my life back together, so that I could be the mother he needed me to be. He was the turning point in my life and I can’t imagine where I would be without him. Getting him here was one of the hardest things I have ever done and probably ever will do in this life, but if I had to do it a million times over I would.
I am so blessed to be his mother. Sometimes I am sad that I don’t have anyone by my side to share in the every day joys my son brings into my life. At times being a single parent is lonely, but our bond never could have been as strong without the things we went through together and for that I am grateful.