Before I was a mom...

---I got this poem off of an old high school friends blog page...I loved it& wanted to pass it on!


--> Before I was a mom,I never tripped over toysor forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or notmy plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a mom,I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mindand my thoughts.
I slept all night.


Before I was a mom,I never held down a screaming childso doctor's could do testsor give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at nightwatching a baby sleep.

Before I was a mom,I never held a sleeping baby just becauseI didn't want to put her down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieceswhen I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so smallcould affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a mom,I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body..
I didn't know how special it could feelto feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bondbetween a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so smallcould make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a mom,I had never gotten up in the middle of the nightevery 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy,the love,the heartache,the wonderment,or the satisfaction of being a mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a mom