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The story of a new mom as the reality of motherhood permanently moves in.

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I'm Only Human
"I'm fallible, I change my mind, I can be downright hypocritical.
I don't pretend to be some paragon of virtue.
I'm hanging on by a fucking thread.
But damn it, I keep trying."
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Don't Take it Personally

"Nothing other people do is because of you.
It is because of themselves.
All people live in their own dream, in their own mind;
they are in a completely different world from the one we live in.
When we take something personally,
we make the assumption that they know what is in our world,
and we try to impose our world on their world.
Even when a situation seems so personal,
even if others insult you directly,
it has nothing to do with you."

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Salutation to the Dawn

Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course
Lie all the verities and realities of your existence:
The bliss of growth
The glory of action
The splendor of beauty,
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day!
Such is the salutation to the dawn.
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Before...

I was a Mom I never learned the words to a lullaby.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom, I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Drooled on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple little grin.
I never sat up for hours watching a baby sleep.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could 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 the bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
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.
And remember that behind every successful mother... Is a mountain of dirty laundry.""

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