Things I Learned About Motherhood from My Own Mom

Today is my mom’s birthday. And though I wish we were doing something like galavanting around Reyjkavik and London like we were three years ago, instead we’re spending the day binge-watching Downton Abbey. In honor of her big day, I want to share a few things that she taught me about being a mom …

Motherhood is the greatest gift in the world …

But it will also hurt like hell.

You would die for your child …

But there will be days you want to kill them.

Mostly, being a mom means that you would do anything for your babies, even if it means comforting them when they’re sick when you’ve had little to no sleep. Even if it means working three jobs to pay for their education.

And, maybe most surprisingly, she taught me that when my time would come that I’d be glad to take it all on.