It is sooo interesting to note changes in women once they have children. Even women of child bearing age with nieces and nephews have similar characteristics. It is something men just do not have, and can never be fully capable of. Of course these changes encompass the vast majority of their lives, but I am talking most specifically today about the desire to protective their young. The instinct to shelter them, to keep them from hurt or harm, the urge to caudle them. An instinct women fight daily as their children become independent and grow up. Starting from the time they learn to walk, and seems to never end....
We went to the pool today with the church playgroup, and my daughter in all her 4 year old glory has this incredible independence. She LOVES to swim; and as she is teaching herself, and doing especially well I might add, I am fighting myself with all my strength not to interfere.Determined to swim as far and as long as she can, she pushes herself farther, building her ability to stay under longer and longer, all the while I sit on the sidelines with a mixture of fear and pride. It is sooo hard to just sit there and wait, knowing the impending danger, not jumping in to do it with/for her in a manner I deem acceptable.
Being a mother is all I wanted, and I could not be happier in my role as a mom. I never realized how hard it would be, on so many levels. I feel so blessed to have such wonderfull, independent, AWESOME kids. They are truely the light of my life!.
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